Populism as a constitutive force in the Early Republican Period

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Populism as a constitutive force in the Early Republican Period

Yazarlar:

Barış Kandeğer

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 71, pp.121-130

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357089

pISSN:

1301-3688

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 Populism as a thought whose meaning and content are shaped by circumstances and subject to debate, has the characteristics of an ideology with high interest and expectations in the Early Republican Period. The populism ideology for the founding cadres and intellectuals of the Republic, was operationalized to realize what the Republic imagined and produced political and ideological tools for the mobilization of the people. This article aims to make visible the functions of the ideology of populism and the politicalideological tools it produced in the Early Republican Period. In this respect, the study argues that the populism ideology, as one of the constructive ideologies of the Republic, constructed a ground of legitimacy for the policies that were intended to be implemented to realize the ideals, goals, and objectives of the Republic. The study will focus on the fact that populism, beyond being a discourse, has a repertoire that constructs the modern nation-state and society envisioned by the Republic and will touch upon the political and ideological tools that enable this construction. In the context, the constitutive function of populism in the early Republic will be analyzed. In this study, primary and secondary sources on the ideology and content of populism are selected and analyzed with a descriptive approach. Based on this analysis, the ideology and approach of populism includes a function aimed at constructing the state, citizens and society required by the Republic, obtaining the resources for modernisation and development, social mobilisation and political legitimacy.

 Populism as a thought whose meaning and content are shaped by circumstances and subject to debate, has the characteristics of an ideology with high interest and expectations in the Early Republican Period. The populism ideology for the founding cadres and intellectuals of the Republic, was operationalized to realize what the Republic imagined and produced political and ideological tools for the mobilization of the people. This article aims to make visible the functions of the ideology of populism and the politicalideological tools it produced in the Early Republican Period. In this respect, the study argues that the populism ideology, as one of the constructive ideologies of the Republic, constructed a ground of legitimacy for the policies that were intended to be implemented to realize the ideals, goals, and objectives of the Republic. The study will focus on the fact that populism, beyond being a discourse, has a repertoire that constructs the modern nation-state and society envisioned by the Republic and will touch upon the political and ideological tools that enable this construction. In the context, the constitutive function of populism in the early Republic will be analyzed. In this study, primary and secondary sources on the ideology and content of populism are selected and analyzed with a descriptive approach. Based on this analysis, the ideology and approach of populism includes a function aimed at constructing the state, citizens and society required by the Republic, obtaining the resources for modernisation and development, social mobilisation and political legitimacy.

 Populism as a thought whose meaning and content are shaped by circumstances and subject to debate, has the characteristics of an ideology with high interest and expectations in the Early Republican Period. The populism ideology for the founding cadres and intellectuals of the Republic, was operationalized to realize what the Republic imagined and produced political and ideological tools for the mobilization of the people. This article aims to make visible the functions of the ideology of populism and the politicalideological tools it produced in the Early Republican Period. In this respect, the study argues that the populism ideology, as one of the constructive ideologies of the Republic, constructed a ground of legitimacy for the policies that were intended to be implemented to realize the ideals, goals, and objectives of the Republic. The study will focus on the fact that populism, beyond being a discourse, has a repertoire that constructs the modern nation-state and society envisioned by the Republic and will touch upon the political and ideological tools that enable this construction. In the context, the constitutive function of populism in the early Republic will be analyzed. In this study, primary and secondary sources on the ideology and content of populism are selected and analyzed with a descriptive approach. Based on this analysis, the ideology and approach of populism includes a function aimed at constructing the state, citizens and society required by the Republic, obtaining the resources for modernisation and development, social mobilisation and political legitimacy.

 Üzerinde tartışılan, anlamı ve içeriği koşullara göre biçimlenen bir düşünce olarak halkçılık, Erken Cumhuriyet Döneminin ilgisi ve beklentisi yüksek bir özellik gösterir. Özellikle Cumhuriyetin kurucu kadro ve aydınları için halkçılık ideolojisi, Cumhuriyetin tahayyül ettiklerini gerçekleştirmek amacı ile işlevsel hale getirilir ve halkın seferber edilmesine yönelik politik ve ideolojik araçları üretir. Bu makale, Erken Cumhuriyet Döneminde halkçılık düşüncesinin ve ürettiği politikideolojik araçların işlevlerini görünür kılmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu kapsamda çalışma, halkçılığın Cumhuriyeti inşa edici düşüncelerinden biri olarak, Cumhuriyetin ideallerini, amaç ve hedeflerini gerçekleştirmek adına uygulanmak istenen politikalar için bir meşruiyet zemini inşa ettiğini iddia etmektedir. Bu çerçevede çalışmada, halkçılığın bir söylem olmasının ötesinde, Cumhuriyetin tahayyül ettiği modern ulus devlet ve toplumu inşa eden bir repertuara sahip olduğuna odaklanılacak, inşayı sağlayan politik ve ideolojik araçlara temas edilecektir. Bu bağlamda halkçılık düşüncesinin tarihsel arka planı ve Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemine olan yansımaları incelenerek halkçılığın Cumhuriyeti kurucu işlevi analiz edilmeye çalışılacaktır. Çalışmada betimleyici bir yaklaşım ile halkçılık ideolojisine ve içeriğine ilişkin birincil ve ikincil kaynaklar seçilmiş ve analiz edilmiştir. Bu analizden hareketle halkçılık ideolojisi ve yaklaşımı, Cumhuriyetin gereksinim duyduğu devlet, yurttaş ve toplumun inşa edilmesine, modernleşme ve kalkınma kaynaklarının, toplumsal seferberliğin ve siyasal meşruiyetin elde edilmesine yönelik bir işlevi içermektedir.

Makale detayları

Populism as a constitutive force in the Early Republican Period

Yazarlar:

Barış Kandeğer

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 71, pp.121-130

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357089

pISSN:

1301-3688

Republic

Populism ideology

Ideological tools

Modern nation state

CitizenshipCumhuriyet

Halkçılık ideolojisi

İdeolojik araçlar

Modern ulus devlet

Yurttaşlık

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Barış Kandeğer

Yayıncı: Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar: Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi: Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 71, pp.121-130

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001357089

pISSN: 1301-3688

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Barış Kandeğer

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 71, pp.121-130

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357089

pISSN:

1301-3688