Relationship between Political Parties-Voters in Turkey: Voter Behaviour in 24 June Elections
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the data utilized from a field study done just before the 24 June elections which was referred as an extremely important milestone in Turkey’s policy and witnesses to many innovations. There are two aspects to be analyzed. The first aspect of the situation is that 24 June elections were the first elections of the new Presidential system of Turkey and that legal political party alliance fact was faced for the first time and that the Turkish political parties entered the elections via alliances. By the way the second aspect which has to be discussed is that how was the attitude and support of the voters to the alliances, and the impact of the social media campaigns, especially the enough-continue campaign, on the voters during the election campaign. Besides, this study examines the effects of domestic-foreign policy developments, leadership case, ideologies of political parties and social identity on 24 June elections. Semi-structured interview technique was used as working method with 30 participants who supported different alliances in three different cities Kayseri, Kırklareli and Erzurum.
Keywords
24 June elections,social media,make-break campaign,Turkey’s policy,voter behaviour
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