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Who Supports Erdogan? Socio-Economic Dimension Of Electoral Support Of Akp

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  • Lukáš Forýtek

    (Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague)

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Almost all academic assessments of Turkey label it a hybrid regime (electoral authoritarianism). The ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), won every elections since 2002 and is still able to organize relatively free and competitive elections and gain the support of significant part of the voters. This fact raises the questions: Who are these voters? What is the socio-economic environment of the supporters of AKP? Our hypothesis, based on classical theory of interconnection of economic development and social structure, says: The provinces with the lowest level of the socio-economic indicators supported AKP in parliamentary election 2002-2015. To verify the hypothesis we used regression analysis of provincial GDP and electoral support of AKP and as a complementary method we made basic analyses of two types of provinces – with the highest and the lowest support of AKP. The results of our findings reject the basic hypothesis.

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  • Lukáš Forýtek, 2019. "Who Supports Erdogan? Socio-Economic Dimension Of Electoral Support Of Akp," Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations), Ekonomická univerzita, Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov, vol. 17(2), pages 86-107.
    • Handle: RePEc:brv:journl:v:17:y:2019:i:2:p:86-107
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    Keywords

    Turkey; AKP; hybrid regime; electoral authoritarianism;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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