The Research of Justice in Representation for Democratic Political Culture
Abstract
It is indisputable
that democratic development is parallel to the emergence and development of
parliaments. These processes brought about the development of the election
institution. Together with the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie's struggle against
monarchism increased the importance of the parliaments and brought the norms
related to election to the forefront. In fact, the issue of who should have the
right to vote, has created the most basic discussion problem for quite a long
time. While the right to vote was granted to a limited number of people in
pre-practices, as a result of historical progress, in principle, the
recognition of this right was reached for every citizen. Therefore, the regimes
that do not accept the principle of general vote in the elections as a result
of the development from the limited vote to the general vote, are not
considered democratic. Even this right is guaranteed by the Universal
Convention on Human Rights in terms of international law.There has also been a
long period of disagreement at the point of voting procedures (methods) in
terms of the development of the electoral system. Elections should be
single-stage or two-stage; there have been a lot of debates on whether the
plurality system or the proportional representation system should be applied.
These different methods have been tried separately and it has been seen that the
development in democracies is mostly in the direction of single-stage and
proportional representation electoral system. However, to date, it is not
possible to say that the political culture has evolved into a fully democratic
phase in order to provide justice despite the technological developments in the
electoral system. According to the
annual reports of The World Constitution and Parliament Association, there is
no fair distribution of parliaments in the representation of women and men. The
aim of this study is to analyze the electoral systems in Turkey and obtain
empirical data. In this regard, the
General Parliamentary Elections held throughout Turkey on 24 June 2018 were
subjected to descriptive statistical analysis.
In conclusion, development stages of the Turkish political culture have
been questioned through the data obtained.
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