Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey

The volume sheds light on the backsliding process of Turkish democratization from the 2010s until 2018, the book analyses data collected through a nationally representative survey of Turkish voters during the 2018 elections and data available by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in a pre-and post-election panel design.

1. Introduction Ali Çarkoglu and Ersin Kalaycioglu 2. A New National Legislative Election System? An Assessment of the Breakdown of Consensus on the Administration of Elections Ersin Kalaycioglu 3. Politics as (Un)Usual? An Overview of the June 2018 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Turkey Mert Moral 4. The Story of Electoral Alliances Mert Moral 5. A Text-as-Data Study of Political Communication in the 2018 Turkish Elections Ali Çarkoglu and Fatih Erol 6. Consequences of Popular Perceptions of Electoral Integrity: The Experience of Turkey, 2007-2018 Ali Çarkoglu 7. The Economic Vote in the 2018 Turkish General Election Selim Erdem Aytaç 8. Kulturkampf and Voting Behavior in Turkey: A Key to Turkish Party Politics? Ersin Kalaycioglu 9. Voter Mobilization in the 2018 Turkish General Election Selim Erdem Aytaç and Özge Kemahlioglu 10. Party Identification and Vote Choice in Turkey Ersin Kalaycioglu 11. Public Opinion, and Foreign Affairs in the National Elections of June 24, 2018 in Turkey Ersin Kalaycioglu 12. Conclusion Ali Çarkoglu and Ersin Kalaycioglu