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The Research of Justice in Representation for Democratic Political Culture

Cilt: 10 Sayı: 17 31 Mart 2019
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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.

Keywords

Democratic Political Culture,Election Systems,Political Stability,Justice in Representation,Turkish Political Culture

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Ünal, U. (2019). The Research of Justice in Representation for Democratic Political Culture. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 10(17), 560-595. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.484698