Measuring Populist Discourse of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

IF 0.9 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.22151/politikon.55.1

Furkan Çay, Assem Kalkamanova

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Abstract

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long been considered a populist leader. This study attempts to investigate the evolution of Erdoğan’s populist discourse by examining his political campaign speeches throughout all years of his rule. Using computer-based quantitative content analysis, we analyze the dimensions of populism in Erdoğan’s speeches over time. Our data includes 42 election campaign speeches held between 2004 and 2018. We demonstrate how three dimensions of populism (people-centrism, anti-elitism, moralistic imagination of politics) manifest in Erdoğan’s speeches and how Erdoğan’s degree of populism varies from one election campaign to another. People-centrist approach constitutes the largest share of his discourse in comparison to other dimensions throughout all campaign speeches. Erdoğan’s anti-elitist rhetoric was insignificant during the initial period of his incumbency. However, it increased considerably in the 2014 and 2018 election campaigns. We connect these empirical trends to the particular events in Turkish politics. Thus, this study contributes to the field by providing an empirical approach to Erdoğan’s speeches.

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衡量雷杰普·塔伊普的民粹主义话语Erdoğan

雷杰普·塔伊普Erdoğan长期以来一直被认为是一位民粹主义领导人。本研究试图调查Erdoğan民粹主义话语的演变，通过检查他的政治竞选演讲在他的统治的所有年份。利用基于计算机的定量内容分析，我们分析了Erdoğan演讲中民粹主义的维度。我们的数据包括2004年至2018年期间举行的42场竞选演讲。我们展示了民粹主义的三个维度(人民中心主义、反精英主义、政治的道德想象)如何在Erdoğan的演讲中表现出来，以及Erdoğan的民粹主义程度如何在每次竞选活动中有所不同。与所有竞选演讲的其他方面相比，以人为中心的方法构成了他演讲的最大份额。Erdoğan的反精英言论在他上任初期是微不足道的。然而，在2014年和2018年的竞选活动中，这一数字大幅增加。我们将这些实证趋势与土耳其政治中的特定事件联系起来。因此，本研究通过对Erdoğan的演讲提供实证方法，对该领域做出了贡献。

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Politikon POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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1.90

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审稿时长

32 weeks

期刊介绍： Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics, but not exclusively so. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world" leading political scientists, including Arend Lijphart, Samuel Huntingdon, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa"s leading political philosophers, political scientists and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa"s constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994). In the last few years special issues have focused on women and politics in South Africa, and the South African election of 1999.