Gül Arıkan Akdağ – Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey: Party Politics and the Mobilization of Swing Voters 9/3/2015
Gül Arıkan AkdağKatip Çelebi Üniversitesi9 Mart 2015 Pazartesi saat 18.00’de.Sunum İngilizcedir Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey: Party Politics and the Mobilization of Swing Voters The move towards a predominant party system thanks to AKP’s successes at the ballot box is one of the most important developments of the Turkish party system and debated issue among political scientists. In addition, the rising Kurdish ethnic demands and support for the pro-Kurdish parties is an important characteristic of the system. The electoral success of AKP among voters of Turkish and Kurdish origin has been mostly evaluated in the literature through the programmatic effectiveness of the party. Yet, a considerable number of studies have found support for the existence of patronage or clientelism as