- İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi
- Issue: 55
- THE RESTRICTIVE IMPACT OF PARTY IDEOLOGY ON PARTY STRATEGY: TURKEY’S RADICAL RIGHT THE NATIONALIST M...
THE RESTRICTIVE IMPACT OF PARTY IDEOLOGY ON PARTY STRATEGY: TURKEY’S RADICAL RIGHT THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY AFTER JUNE 2015 ELECTIONS
Authors : Mustafa Çağatay Aslan
Pages : 67-86
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Publication Date : 2016-10-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Nationalist Action Party (MHP) embraces nativist ideology; thereby, representing radicalright politics in Turkey. The party’s attitudes during the negotiations after the June 2015 parliamentary elections come within the purview of this article. The article reached to the conclusion that the party’s ideology acted as a restrictive factor hampering political efforts to form a coalition government. Contrary to the argument that MHP has always been a political party defending established system, this article suggests that the MHP turned into an anti-political establishment party after June 2015 parliamentary elections due to the party’s radical right ideology based on a strong belief in nativism.Keywords : Radical Right, Nationalist Action Party, Party ideology, Party strategy