The case of Youth Party in the context of post-80 Turkish politics
Author
Angılı, Burhan Mert
Advisor
Tekelioğlu, Orhan
Date
2003Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The fundamental purpose of this thesis is to understand the birth and rise of
Youth Party (YP) and its political stance. In order to achive this task, the
transformation process of Turkish politics in the post-80 era will be assessed first.
That discussion will attempt to highlight main aspects of the transformation. Then
the case of YP in the context of post-80 Turkish politics will be analyzed. The
analysis of YP will include both descriptive and critical accounts in order to widen
the research and locate the position of YP in Turkish politics more properly. The
main conclusion of this study is that YP is trying to capture the ‘new center’
through an exclusive neo-liberal approach in contrast to its seemingly radical
attitude.