Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP): A Longue Duree Analysis

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Çınar S. K., Ugur-Cinar M., Acikgoz A.

TURKISH STUDIES, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.205-230, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14683849.2022.2119849
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.205-230
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Republican People's Party (CHP), Turkish politics, political parties, democratization, center-periphery cleavage, secular-religious cleavage, TURKISH POLITICS, SPATIAL-ANALYSIS, OPPOSITION, CLEAVAGES, ELECTIONS, FAILURE, CRISIS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article employs regressive and spatial analyses to understand the correlates of the CHP's electoral support from the first competitive elections in 1950 to the present. We find that despite some continuities in its constituency, the CHP's voter base has changed significantly with regards to key political and social dynamics such as the Kurdish vote, effective number of parties, and urbanization. The findings give credence to the role of political leadership as well as the evolutionary capability of the party, both of which can have important implications regarding the future electoral trajectory of the party and of Turkey's political regime.