Electoral Manipulation Strategies in Turkey During the AKP Rule

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3176/tr.2024.4.02" target="_blank" >10.3176/tr.2024.4.02</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Electoral Manipulation Strategies in Turkey During the AKP Rule

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article analyses strategies of electoral manipulation employed by the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo &amp; gbreve;an in Turkey. Three long-term methods and three short-term methods are examined, the former being unequal access to resources, media and law, and the latter being election fraud, intimidation of opposition, and vote buying. The text argues that the Turkish government employs primarily long-term strategies, but short-term ones are also present and thus should not be ignored. State resources are being siphoned to municipalities controlled by AKP and regime-friendly businessmen who then provide donations and other favors for the party. State media and media regulators came under the regime's control, resulting in minimal coverage of the opposition in both public and most private media outlets. The takeover of the judiciary and vague definitions in the Anti-Terror law and other laws were used to suppress opposition politicians and journalists. It also allowed the regime to take control of bodies overseeing elections, leading to malpractice. Intimidation of opposition had a form of both legal prosecution and physical attacks and focused primarily on pro-Kurdish parties. Vote buying in Turkey seems mainly to be a form of rewarding voters of the ruling party, not an attempt to persuade swing voters.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Electoral Manipulation Strategies in Turkey During the AKP Rule

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article analyses strategies of electoral manipulation employed by the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo &amp; gbreve;an in Turkey. Three long-term methods and three short-term methods are examined, the former being unequal access to resources, media and law, and the latter being election fraud, intimidation of opposition, and vote buying. The text argues that the Turkish government employs primarily long-term strategies, but short-term ones are also present and thus should not be ignored. State resources are being siphoned to municipalities controlled by AKP and regime-friendly businessmen who then provide donations and other favors for the party. State media and media regulators came under the regime's control, resulting in minimal coverage of the opposition in both public and most private media outlets. The takeover of the judiciary and vague definitions in the Anti-Terror law and other laws were used to suppress opposition politicians and journalists. It also allowed the regime to take control of bodies overseeing elections, leading to malpractice. Intimidation of opposition had a form of both legal prosecution and physical attacks and focused primarily on pro-Kurdish parties. Vote buying in Turkey seems mainly to be a form of rewarding voters of the ruling party, not an attempt to persuade swing voters.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

TRAMES : Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences

ISSN

1406-0922

e-ISSN

1736-7514

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

EE - Estonská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

331-350

Kód UT WoS článku

001363289300002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85210874316