Discourse, Values and Voting: Political Value Priorities of the Turkish Public

Aynur Köse; Fatih Kezer; Mustafa Yılmaz; Eylem Arslan

Makale detayları

Discourse, Values and Voting: Political Value Priorities of the Turkish Public

Yazarlar:

Aynur Köse | Fatih Kezer | Mustafa Yılmaz | Eylem Arslan

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim Çalışmaları | Siyasal İletişim

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.244-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339091

pISSN:

1694-7215

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Özet:

 There are many approaches to analyzing past elections in critical countries, but no valid standardized method yet. The significant effort focuses on the uncommitted voters in the studies and how they were won. This paper investigates the elections in the Republic of Turkey between 2002-2011. It focuses on determining the level of attitudes and expectations of Turkish voters based on the value priority of politics. The investigation answers how people voted as they did based on their gender, age, education, income and region. A quantitative research method has been designed to establish a correlation among these variables by collecting data from 4268 voters. The findings resulted in the formation of an analysis method, called the Scale of Political Values. The scale has three sub-dimensions: the first one is stability and order-oriented, strong power expectation, the second is developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy expectation, and the last is strong leadership expectation. Increasing age and decreasing education and income levels resulted in an increased strong power expectation. As age, education, and income levels increased, the expectation for developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy received the highest score. This dimension had a linear relation to age, education, and income level. Gender did not affect both sub-dimensions.

 There are many approaches to analyzing past elections in critical countries, but no valid standardized method yet. The significant effort focuses on the uncommitted voters in the studies and how they were won. This paper investigates the elections in the Republic of Turkey between 2002-2011. It focuses on determining the level of attitudes and expectations of Turkish voters based on the value priority of politics. The investigation answers how people voted as they did based on their gender, age, education, income and region. A quantitative research method has been designed to establish a correlation among these variables by collecting data from 4268 voters. The findings resulted in the formation of an analysis method, called the Scale of Political Values. The scale has three sub-dimensions: the first one is stability and order-oriented, strong power expectation, the second is developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy expectation, and the last is strong leadership expectation. Increasing age and decreasing education and income levels resulted in an increased strong power expectation. As age, education, and income levels increased, the expectation for developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy received the highest score. This dimension had a linear relation to age, education, and income level. Gender did not affect both sub-dimensions.

 There are many approaches to analyzing past elections in critical countries, but no valid standardized method yet. The significant effort focuses on the uncommitted voters in the studies and how they were won. This paper investigates the elections in the Republic of Turkey between 2002-2011. It focuses on determining the level of attitudes and expectations of Turkish voters based on the value priority of politics. The investigation answers how people voted as they did based on their gender, age, education, income and region. A quantitative research method has been designed to establish a correlation among these variables by collecting data from 4268 voters. The findings resulted in the formation of an analysis method, called the Scale of Political Values. The scale has three sub-dimensions: the first one is stability and order-oriented, strong power expectation, the second is developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy expectation, and the last is strong leadership expectation. Increasing age and decreasing education and income levels resulted in an increased strong power expectation. As age, education, and income levels increased, the expectation for developmental, honest, solution-oriented policy received the highest score. This dimension had a linear relation to age, education, and income level. Gender did not affect both sub-dimensions.

 Kritik ülkelerdeki geçmiş seçimleri analiz etmek için birçok yaklaşım bulunmakla birlikte, geçerli bir standartlaştırılmış yöntem henüz yoktur. Çalışmalar özellikle kararsız seçmenlere ve bu seçmenlerin siyasi partiler tarafından nasıl ikna edildiğine odaklanmaktadır. Bu makale, Türkiye Cumhuriyetinde 2002-2011 arasında yapılan seçimleri araştırmaktadır. Seçimlerde Türk seçmenlerinin tutum ve beklentilerinin, siyasetin değer önceliği temelinde belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma, insanların nasıl oy verdiklerini cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim, gelir ve bölge gibi faktörlere dayanarak açıklamaktadır. 4268 seçmenden veri toplayarak bu değişkenler arasında bir ilişki kurmak için nicel bir araştırma yöntemi tasarlandı. Bulgularla Siyasi Değerler Ölçeği adlı bir ölçek oluşturuldu. Bu ölçek üç alt boyuttan oluşmaktadır: İlk alt boyut, istikrar ve düzen odaklı güçlü iktidar beklentisini, ikinci alt boyut gelişimsel, dürüst, çözüm odaklı politika beklentisini ve son boyut güçlü liderlik beklentisini ifade etmektedir. Araştırmada yaşın artması ve eğitim ile gelir düzeyinin azalması sonucunda istikrar ve düzen odaklı güçlü iktidar beklentisinin arttığı saptanmıştır. Yaş, eğitim ve gelir düzeyi arttıkça kalkındırmacı, dürüst ve çözüm odaklı politika beklentisi en yüksek puanı almıştır. Çözüm odaklı politika beklentisini ifade eden boyut yaş, eğitim ve gelir düzeyi ile doğrusal bir ilişkiye sahiptir. Cinsiyet, her iki alt boyut üzerinde de etkili olmamıştır.

Makale detayları

Discourse, Values and Voting: Political Value Priorities of the Turkish Public

Yazarlar:

Aynur Köse | Fatih Kezer | Mustafa Yılmaz | Eylem Arslan

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim Çalışmaları | Siyasal İletişim

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.244-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339091

pISSN:

1694-7215

Value

political discourse

voting

Turkish politics

electionsDeğer

siyasal söylem

oy verme

Türkiye politikası

seçim

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Aynur Köse | Fatih Kezer | Mustafa Yılmaz | Eylem Arslan

Yayıncı: Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar: İletişim Çalışmaları | Siyasal İletişim

Dergi: MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.244-259

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001339091

pISSN: 1694-7215

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Aynur Köse | Fatih Kezer | Mustafa Yılmaz | Eylem Arslan

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim Çalışmaları | Siyasal İletişim

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.244-259

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339091

pISSN:

1694-7215