Opposition for the sake of opposition Polarized Pluralism in Turkish Politics

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2009-01-01

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Şenyuva, Özgehan

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This article examines the current state of Turkish politics and the positions of the two main opposition parties—the Republican People's Party and Nationalist Action Party--on the major issues. The article argues that rather than formulating alternative sociopolitical and economic policies, both opposition parties partake in a merely partisan debate. This in turn partly discredits them as engaging in unconstructive criticism for their own political gain.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80669

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Meria Journal

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Ö. Şenyuva, “Opposition for the sake of opposition Polarized Pluralism in Turkish Politics,” Meria Journal, pp. 0–0, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80669.