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    One down, two more to go: electoral trends in the aftermath of the March 2014 municipality elections
    (SETA, 2014) Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    The March 2014 local elections in Turkey did not drastically alter electoral balances in Turkey. The AK Party maintained its predominant position, despite loosing some electoral support. The opposition gained some support but not enough to challenge the incumbent party's tenure. Despite apparent gains for the CHP, it appears that the most significant vote increase was obtained by the nationalist MHP. Yet, both opposition parties remain far from imposing a credible challenge to the AK Party in future elections. These results are likely to lure PM Erdoǧan into running for president. Such a decision is likely to further polarize the country and result in negative electoral campaigns for the presidential elections.
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    Informal giving in Turkey
    (Springer, 2019) Campbell, David A.; Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    Scholarly research about philanthropy has de-emphasized informal giving to friends, neighbors and others in need. Yet, informal giving is a critical element of philanthropy, particularly in settings with less well-developed civil society institutions. This paper examines informal giving in Turkey, based on two surveys of Turkish citizens conducted in 2004 and 2015. The surveys find much higher levels of informal giving than formal giving, though the level of informal giving decreased between 2004 and 2015. Donors directed their giving more to family member and others in need than to neighbors. In contrast to studies from most other countries, Turks overwhelmingly prefer giving to individuals rather than institutions. Determinants of informal giving, however, are largely consistent with other research on the motivations for giving.
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    Alevis in Turkey
    (Taylor and Francis, 2018) Department of International Relations; N/A; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Elçi, Ezgi; Faculty Member; Researcher; Department of International Relations; Migration Research Program at Koç University (MIReKoç) / Göç Araştırmaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (MIReKoç); College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; N/A; 125588; N/A
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    Alevis in Turkish politics
    (Brill, 2012) Bilgili, Nazlı Çağın; Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
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    Turkey's 2011 general elections: towards a dominant party system?
    (Seta Foundation, 2011) Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    Since 2002, the Turkish electoral environment and the party system have been undergoing a significant transformation. The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) has continued to increase its electoral support for a third time in a row. The declining volatility and fractionalization in the election results together with the expanding geographical base of AKP electoral support may be taken as signs of the emergence of a dominant party system in Turkey. This article offers a descriptive account of the election results and links those results to the literature on the dominant party system. A discussion on the implications of this new development for the evolution of Turkish party system, Turkish political landscape and future elections concludes the article.
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    The historical development of populism in turkey in the light of populism theories: an analysis on political parties
    (Anadolu Üniversitesi, 2022) Elçi, Ezgi; Department of International Relations; N/A; N/A; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Erol, Fatih; Paksoy, Cansu; Faculty Member; Researcher; PhD Student; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 125588; 374390; N/A
    This article evaluates how and which political parties adopted populist notions from the late Ottoman Empire to contemporary Turkish politics. As such, our study considers populism as a thin-centered ideology. In the light of this definition, which allows broadening the scope for observational research,we examined the history of populism in Turkey along with the concepts of the people, the elites, and the people’s will. Our review puts forward three distinct concepts of “people” in populism in Turkey. These conceptualizations cover “the ordinary people” of the Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi-CHP) during the 1970s on the left, “the will of the people” and “commonsense of the people” adopted by the center-right parties since the 1950s, and “Islamic people” embraced by the National Outlook (Milli Görüş) on the right since 1969. The definition of elites positioned against the people in Turkey varies depending on whether political parties are in power and where they fall on the ideological right-left spectrum. In the recent period, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi-AK Parti) has brought a new identity to Turkish populism by blending the lines of the Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti-DP) and Justice Party (Adalet Partisi-AP) and the approach of National Outlook. In this context, the definition of the elite against the people ranges from exclusive-authoritarian rulers in domestic politics to external enemies in international politics and their domestic collaborators. Overall, our historical analysis demonstrates that populist notions in Turkey is not restricted to a single political party or ideology. Such a historical analysis will provide a significant resource for further quantitative and qualitative analyses. We also anticipate that putting forward the development of populism over time and across the left-right ideological spectrum in Turkey will theoretically as well as empirically contribute to other comparative studies. / Öz: Bu çalışma, popülist eğilimlerin Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun son döneminden günümüz Türkiye siyasetine kadar hangi liderler ve partiler tarafından ne şekilde benimsendiğini araştırmaktadır. Bu amaçla çalışmamızın kurgusu popülizmi zayıf-merkezli bir ideoloji olarak kabul etmektedir. Görgül zenginliğe olanak sağlayan bu tanımlamanın ışığında Türkiye’deki popülizmin tarihi millet (halk), elitler ve milli irade kavramlarıçerçevesinde irdelenmiştir. İncelememiz Türkiye’deki popülizmde üç ayrı “halk” kavramını gözlemlemektedir. Bunlar, solda 1970’ler Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nin benimsediği “sıradan insanlar;” merkez sağ partilerin 1950’lerden itibaren takip ettiği “milli irade” ile “halkın aklıselimi” ve sağda 1969 itibariyle Milli Görüş ideolojisinin benimsediği “İslam milleti” tanımlamalarıdır. Türkiye’deki popülizm, milletin (halkın) karşısına yerleştirilen elitlerin tanımına siyasal partilerin muhalefette-iktidarda olup olmamalarına ve ideolojik sağ-sol yönelimlerine göre farklılık göstermektedir. Yakın dönemde ise Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, Demokrat Parti ve Adalet Partisi çizgisini ve Milli Görüş’ün yaklaşımını harmanlayarak Türkiye popülizmine yeni bir kimlik kazandırmıştır. Bu bağlamda, milletin (halkın) karşısındaki elit tanımı iç siyasetteki dışlayıcı-otoriter yöneticilerden uluslararası siyasetteki dış düşmanlara ve onların iç siyasetteki işbirlikçilerine endekslenmiştir. Sonuçta, incelememiz Türkiye’deki popülist eğilimlerin siyasette sadece belli bir parti ve ideolojiye ait olmadığını tarihsel bir bütünlük içerisinde sunmaktadır. Bu teorik temelli tarihsel bütünlük aynı zamanda diğer nicel ve nitel vaka analizlerine de önemli bir kaynak sağlayacaktır. Millet (halk), elitler ve milli irade kavramlarının tarih içerisinde ve siyasal sağ-sol ideoloji yelpazesinin neredeyse her yerinde geçirmiş olduğu gelişimi ortaya koymanın diğer karşılaştırmalı çalışmalara da hem kuramsal hem de görgül katkılarda bulunacağını düşünmekteyiz.
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    A precarious relationship: the Alevi minority, the Turkish state and the EU
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011) Bilgili, Nazli Cagin; Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    Over the last decade, the political significance of the Alevis, the largest sectarian Muslim minority in Turkey, has notably changed. This article aims to evaluate the Alevi community's changing stance as a sectarian minority within an increasingly conservative Turkish society facing European Union (EU) membership negotiations. We first of all summarise the characteristics of the Alevi community and contextualise the changing role of the Alevi minority in Turkish politics. We focus on Alevi demands as part of the EU adjustment reforms and negotiation process, and present the official responses from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government as well as the EU authorities.
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    Environmental concerns in Turkey: a comparative perspective
    (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2017) Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
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    Fragile but resilient?: Turkish electoral dynamics, 2002-2015
    (University of Michigan Press, 2021) Kalaycıoğlu, Ersin; Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    Ersin Kalaycioglu and Ali çarkoglu, who conducted surveys comparable to the American National Election Survey for the 2002 and 2015 national elections in Turkey, chart the dynamics that brought the pro-Islamist conservative Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi-AKP) to power in 2002, and that continue to influence electoral politics. The authors trace the uneven course of democratization in Turkey, as revealed through elections, since the first competitive, multi-party elections in 1950. Since the market liberalization reforms of 1980, Turkey has been rapidly evolving from a closed, agricultural, comparatively underdeveloped polity into an open and industrial state primarily integrated with the global economy. Kalaycioglu and çarkoglu analyze different dimensions of five elections surveys in 2002-2015 period to show how the consequent socio-economic changes and traditional socio-cultural divisions have affected elections, political parties, and individual voters. The authors conclude that the historical-cultural divide between rural, peripheral, conservative groups and more urban, centrist, and modernized groups not only persists but shapes elections more than ever. This book not only provides an original comprehensive and critical evaluation of the Turkish electoral and party politics, it also offers a case study of voting behavior in a state undergoing both democratization and market liberalization in a rapidly changing and volatile international environment.
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    Economic evaluations vs. ideology: diagnosing the sources of electoral change in Turkey, 2002-2011
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2012) Department of International Relations; Çarkoğlu, Ali; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 125588
    Turkish elections reflect two competing influences. One concerns a long-term increasingly conservative ideological orientation; the other, more short-term pragmatic evaluations primarily on the economic policy front. This article uses three nationwide representative surveys from 2002, 2007 and 2011 to assess the relative merits of these competing hypotheses. The findings indicate that the critical election of 2002 is not shaped by economic performance evaluations but rather by indicators of ideology at large and left-right ideology in particular. The influence of ideology appears to rise from 2002 to 2007 and 2011. Economic performance evaluations increase in salience from 2002 to 2007 but seem to have somewhat lost their power for 2011. Implications of these findings for the Turkish party system and further research questions are discussed in the concluding section. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.