How to struggle with exclusionary right-wing populism: evidence from Turkey

This paper investigates the new character of the strategy of the Republican People's Party (CHP) using populism to combat the success of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). We consider populism along a left-right axis in terms of the differentiation of exclusionary and inclusionary...

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Published in:Democratization 2023-01, Vol.30 (1), p.78-100
Main Authors: Erçetin, Tuğçe, Boyraz, Cemil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Budgets
Content analysis
COVID-19
Currency instability
Differentiation
Discourse
Egalitarianism
Elites
Inclusionary and exclusionary populism
left-right wing axis
Local elections
Pandemics
Populism
Right wing politics
Speeches
strategy
the RPP
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Summary:This paper investigates the new character of the strategy of the Republican People's Party (CHP) using populism to combat the success of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). We consider populism along a left-right axis in terms of the differentiation of exclusionary and inclusionary approaches and conduct a content analysis of campaign speeches by Ekrem İmamoğlu during the 2019 local elections, as well as speeches of the party elites given during the currency crisis of 2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that an alternative to the exclusionary right-wing populism may construct images of egalitarianism, participatory budgeting, and agrarian populism instead of mobilizing security or survival issues.
ISSN:1351-0347
1743-890X
DOI:10.1080/13510347.2022.2115031