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Publication Restricted Corruption, democracy, and growth: an empirical analysis(Koç University, 2017) Kimya, Fırat; Aytaç, Selim Erdem; 0000-0002-6544-8717; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 224278
Publication Metadata only Difficult choices: choosing the candidate of the nation alliance in the 2023 Turkish presidential election(Routledge, 2024) Department of Media and Visual Arts;Department of International Relations; Baruh, Lemi; Çarkoğlu, Ali; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Administrative Sciences and EconomicsThe Turkish presidential election in 2023 marked a pivotal moment for the ruling Justice and Development Party and Erdogan, grappling with criticism over their handling of the economic crisis. Six parties formed the Nation Alliance to challenge the incumbent, but negotiations for the alliance's presidential candidate collapsed, leading to the breakdown of the alliance. This study analyzes the divided opposition and its difficulty in nominating a likeable candidate as another reason for the continuation of President Erdogan's rule. A Response Surface Analysis (RSA) approach is utilized to describe the potential outcomes of the options that opposition parties considered regarding their presidential candidate. The analysis shows that the leader of the Republican People's Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, was weaker in appealing to the centre-right wing voters of the alliance partner, the Good Party, yet fared better in gathering the support of the Kurdish voter base of the Peoples' Democratic Party.Publication Restricted Inclusiveness, contestation and conflict processes(Koç University, 2015) Örsün, Ömer Faruk; Bayer, Reşat; 0000-0002-6566-1622; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 51395Publication Restricted Intra-party competition & party's performance in elections: The leaders' tenure(Koç University, 2008) Şakirler, Mehmet Remzi; Yılmaz, Kamil; 0000-0003-2455-2099; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Economics; 6111Publication Restricted Lakatosian analysis and evolving conseptions of peace: The story of the democratic peace research program(Koç University, 2011) Ungerer, Jameson Lee; Mousseau, Michael; 0000-0002-7996-4595; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International RelationsPublication Open Access Mapping civil society in the Middle East: the cases of Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey(Taylor _ Francis, 2012) Department of International Relations; Olcay, Özlem Altan; İçduygu, Ahmet; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; N/A; 207882This article comparatively assesses the meaning of civil society in Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey, by utilising the results of a study conducted among civil society actors. In recent decades, civil society has become integral to discussions of political liberalisation. At the same time, there is a growing rift between international democracy promotion through investment in civil society and the more critical literature on the relationship between the two. This article makes three contributions to these debates by comparing the actual experiences of civil society actors. First, it argues that the boundaries between states and civil societies are indeterminate, making it problematic to expect civil society organisations alone to become catalysts for regime transformation. Second, it shows that expectations of monolithic generation of civic values through civil society organisations do not reflect the actual experience of actors in this realm. Finally, it argues for taking into consideration other sources of mobilisation as potential contributors to meaningful political and social transformation.Publication Metadata only Prefigurative politics at bread and puppet theater(Duke University Press, 2024) Department of Media and Visual Arts; Erdener, Jasmine; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and HumanitiesBread and Puppet (B&P) Theater is one of the oldest, most influential, and well-known puppet theaters both in the United States and abroad and has been at the forefront of puppetry, performance, and political protest for more than half a century. B&P also functions as a site of tension in prefigurative political theory, between creative world building and alternative decision-making structures. B&P fosters a powerful lived experience of prefigurative politics. The political process of envisioning alternative realities took place through performance, puppets, and the shifting sense of temporality in an isolated location. At the same time, B&P operates in a state of flux, at the center of a constant stream of apprentices, volunteers, and audience members. They rely on hierarchical decision-making to facilitate order, which challenges the prefigurative ideal of a democratic community. B&P models a mediated form of prefigurative politics in which a hierarchical governance structure and creative world building exist in tension with one another. The theater has worked within this tension to survive and even flourish. B&P complicates prefigurative politics in social movement theory and practice, as the hierarchy helps preserve some sense of order but conflicts with the more egalitarian vision of the world represented in their performances. B&P’s intervention in prefigurative politics offers lessons to social movements and artistic practices in the contemporary resurgence of prefigurative politics.Publication Metadata only Question of the legitimacy of constitutional review(Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Fakültesi / Ankara University Political of Science Faculty, 2006) Gözler, Kemal; Faculty Member; Law School; N/AThis article examines the question of the legitimacy of constitutional review of legislation. The theory supporting the legitimacy of constitutional review is based on the principle of the superiority of the constitution over laws. In our view, the legitimacy of constitutional review cannot be justified by this principle, because the contrariety of a law to the constitution is not a self-evident matter. The question whether a law is contrary to the constitution can only be decided by interpreting the constitution. In a system where the constitutional review exists, this interpretation is made by the constitutional court. In a system where the constitutional review does not exist, this interpretation is made by the legislature. It is not possible to prove that the interpretation made by the constitutional court is more correct than the interpretation made by the legislature. The interpretation made by the constitutional court or that made by the legislature may equally be wrong, since the interpretation of the constitution is not an "a'ct of cognition", but an "act of will". In other words, the interpretation of the constitution falls into the "area of will" and not into the "area of cognition". In a democracy, the power to decide in this area belongs to the people or their representatives, but not to the judges / Bu makalede anayasa yargısının meşruluğu sorunu incelenmektedir. Anayasa yargısının meşru olduğu yolundaki görüş, kanunların anayasaya aykırı olamayacağı ilkesine dayanır. Kanımızca anayasa yargısının meşruluğu bu ilkeyle açıklanamaz. Çünkü, bir kanunun anayasaya aykırı olup olmadığı, kendiliğinden anlaşılan, apaçık bir şey değildir. Bir kanunun anayasaya aykırı olup olmadığına yorum yapılarak karar verilir. Anayasa yargısının olduğu bir sistemde bu yorum anayasa mahkemesi tarafından yapılır. Anayasa yargısının olmadığı bir sistemde ise bu yorum, yasama organı tarafından yapılır. Anayasa mahkemesinin yorumunun, yasama organının yorumundan daha doğru olduğunun ispatlanması mümkün değildir. Yasama organının yorumu da, anayasa mahkemesinin yorumu da yanlış olabilir. Zira, anayasanın yorumu, bir "bilme işlemi" değil, bir "irade işlemi"dir. Diğer bir ifadeyle anayasanın yorumlanması, "bilme alani'Yıda değil, "irade alanı"nda yer alır. Bir demokrasi de ise irade gerektiren alanda, karar verme yetkisi hakimlere değil, halka veya halkın temsilcilerine aittir.Publication Restricted Role of business elites in democratic consolidation: Turkey in the light of Spain's experience(Koç University, 2010) Çalımlı, Merve; Öniş, Ziya; 0000-0002-0129-2944; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 7715Publication Open Access Secular state and religious society: two forces in play in Turkey(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013) Department of International Relations; Somer, Murat; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 110135