Historical Origins of Political Polarization in Turkey/Collective Memory

Ertugay F.

AMME IDARESI DERGISI, cilt.55, sa.2, ss.27-62, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Dergi Adı: AMME IDARESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.27-62
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkey, political polarization, historical background, collective memory, PARTISAN POLARIZATION, DEMOCRACY, TURKEY, MEDIA, CONFLICT, DYNAMICS, EXPOSURE, AKP
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study will analyze the historical origins of the phenomenon of political polarization, which has been on the agenda recently in Turkey. While it is currently considered as an increasing and a given situation in Turkey, the reasons for this phenomenon are sought in current political debates without analyzing the basic-structural causes. In most cases, consequences are considered as causes. In this context, how to explain the current high polarization level, it is an important issue to how to reveal the reasons and justifications? While the current literature explains the issue with the attitudes of political actors/elite or biased and biased news/information flow etc., it subordinates the ideological, cognitive and emotional background on which all this is based. While the international literature on political polarization includes notable explanations and analyzes of the ideological, cognitive and emotional background in political polarization, in the context of Turkey, these issues are not sufficiently taken into account. There are observations that suggest that this situation has different ideological, political, sociological and academic reasons. Considering this deficiency in the context of Turkey, the study aims to contribute to the literature by focusing on the historical origins on which ideological, cognitive and emotional elements of political polarization are based.