Emre Erdoğan
Ağustos 18, 2020

Growing perceived threat and prejudice as sources of intolerance: evidence from the 2015 Turkish general elections

Tolerance is a central concept for a society’s democratic foundations. Many forms of populism threaten tolerance and are a growing concern for consolidated liberal democracies as well developing ones. Right-wing ideology, heightened nationalism, and xenophobic rhetoric toward minorities are threatening social cohesion, public unity, and liberal values. Turkey, subject to various destabilizing recent events, faces specific challenges amid political, social, and economic uncertainties. Using two waves of a nationally representative survey, conducted after each of two general elections in 2015, […]
Ağustos 18, 2020

A fourth alternative for Turkey: a democratic Middle East

In this article the author argues that Turkey can be a positive catalyst for democratic change in the Middle East. In its evaluation of the potential success of the democratization process, the article analyzes eight indicators of the democratic requirements for countries in need of change in the region: their economic situation, the international climate, a past democratic experience, the existence of past democratic culture and institutions, and the role of ethnicity and civil society. View full text: http://turkishpolicy.com/dosyalar/files/esi_turkey_tpq_id_29.pdf
Ağustos 18, 2020

Integrating Decision-making and Marketing Intelligence: The Roadmap to the Boardroom

The marketing research industry is facing with several challenges. A paradigmatic shift is necessitated to gain a competitive edge against other data suppliers. This paper proposes a framework for this paradigmatic shift. View full text: http://www.urbanhobbit.net/PDF/Integrating%20Decision%20Making_short.pdf
Ağustos 18, 2020

How Turkey’s repetitive elections affected the populist tone in the discourses of the Justice and Development Party Leaders

Perceived uncertainty and anger lead people to investigate with respect to the establishment, and politicians who are seen as reckless within society. In this sense, populist discourse paved a way to respond by glorifying one group of people and scapegoating others that emerge as group differentiation. Critical moments especially illustrate mutual constructive identification through the discourse of political actors. This article explores a contextual change in the populist discourse of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) leaders by observing the […]
Ağustos 18, 2020

Illegality in the informal labour market: findings from pilot research on child labour in Istanbul

Children consist of one-third of the population of Turkey that has the second highest level of child poverty among the OECD countries. Child labour is widely observed, especially in the poor families, according to the last official statistics obtained in 2013 in Turkey more than 900.000 children are working. Child labour deprives children of their childhood with short-term and long-term negative consequences. Not only those children who work under the legal age but also children aged 15–18 who can legally […]
Ağustos 18, 2020

Obscurities of a referendum foretold: the 2017 constitutional amendments in Turkey

The 2017 referendum marked a transition from an already incongruous parliamentary system to rampant presidentialism and created more conflicts rather than defusing them. Given the extraordinary conditions under which the referendum was held, and the limited time allowed for discussion of its possible ramifications, any effort to analyze the eve and aftermath of the referendum provoked more questions than answers. Why was the referendum held in 2017, although the governing party had advocated for a new constitution and transition to […]