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Behavioral Underpinnings of Turkish Society

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This chapter provides a historical assessment of the primary fault lines in Turkish society since the end of the nineteenth century. The chapter offers a broad overview of three distinct eras in Turkish politics. The first focuses on the political and social intellectuals of the Ottoman era and the thought system these ideologues used to form the identity of the new republic. The second focuses on early Republican-era politics and the steps taken toward a democratic regime, which was later followed by three military interventions. The third section addresses contemporary Turkish politics since 2000. After providing this historical background, the chapter evaluates the current standing of the academic literature concerning electoral behavior. Erisen examines the earliest studies of political behavior in Turkey before discussing the theoretical approaches used by previous scholars. The chapter ends by reviewing current trends in the literature, with an emphasis on electoral behavior.

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Erisen, C. (2018). Behavioral Underpinnings of Turkish Society. In: Political Behavior and the Emotional Citizen. Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58705-3_2

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