Filiz Başkan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4406591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Filiz Başkan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Filiz |
| FAMILY NAME | Başkan |
| SIGNATURE | BAŞKAN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | İzmir University of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5557-7622 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Forming Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Competitive Authoritarian Contexts: The Case of the 2018 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey
In competitive authoritarian regimes, forming a pre-electoral coalition (PEC) provides a mean for opposition parties to defeat the incumbent party. In Turkey, the ruling Justice and Development Party initiated a PEC by forming the People’s Alliance with two other parties. Like the opposition in other competitive authoritarian regimes, Turkey’s opposition parties also formed a PEC, namely the Nation Alliance. Looking at the political affinity of t…
A music for all times: Arabesk as a nostalgic commodity for New Turkey’s entertainment industry
This article deals with the relation between recent manifestations of arabesk music (nostalgic arabesk albums by popular figures and Serkan Kaya, a new singer of arabesk) and the transformation of Turkey’s sociocultural climate during the 2010s. Drawing from concepts of nostalgia and neoliberal consumerism, it examines how contemporary arabesk music turned into a retro product or a nostalgic commodity to correspond to consumers’ constant desire f…
Turkey’s 2015 parliamentary elections
The 2015 parliamentary elections in Turkey marked an important turning point as the outcome ended the 12 years of single-party government by the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Apart from the main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), two other opposition parties, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), gained more votes than in the previous election. Significantly, by gaining 13.1 per cen…
The interplay between formal and informal institutions in Turkey: The case of the Fethullah Gülen community
Supporters of the Fethullah Gülen community, an informal institution with an influential role in Turkish political life, have formed an international chain of schools and student dormitories, and a communications web that includes newspapers, journals, television and radio channels, as well as other companies and finance institutions. Although the community has no formal structure, its followers have established these formal institutions to integ…
Turkey's June 2011 Parliamentary Elections
The parliamentary elections in Turkey were held on 12 June 2011. The elections marked an important turning point as the Justice and Development Party (AKP) became the winner for the third time and with a higher vote, 49.9 per cent. The Republican People's Party (CHP) and the ethnically oriented Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), increased their votes to 25.9 and 6.65 per cent, respectively, while the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) obtained 12.9 per…
Positions of Turkish political parties on European integration
Although academic studies on the positions of political parties in European Union member states concerning European integration have increased since the end of 1990s, there is a lack of systematic and comprehensive research on this topic in Turkey. This article examines the positions on European integration of Turkish political parties competing in the 2002, 2007 and 2011 general elections. It shows that there are more Eurosceptic and Eurorejecti…
The rising Islamic business elite and democratization in Turkey
Religious versus Secular Groups in the Age of Globalisation in Turkey
During the post‐1980 period, the rise of the Justice and Development Party to power in 2002, increasing visibility of Islamic symbols like the use of the headscarf in the cultural field and the growth of Islamic businesses and markets in the economic field, have all caused anxiety among secular groups in Turkey, concerned that it will lose its economic and social status. This resentment has led to a fierce struggle among secular and religious gro…
Party Dissolutions and Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case
Political party competition constitutes an important component of democratic consolidation. In this respect, party dissolutions are generally regarded as impeding consolidation of democracies. This study addresses the relationship between party dissolutions and democratic consolidation, and offers an analysis of recent dissolutions of religiously and ethnically oriented political parties in Turkey. Drawing on Geoffrey Pridham’s distinction betwee…
Globalization and Nationalism: The Nationalist Action Party of Turkey
In discussions on globalization, it has been generally proposed that globalization, by removing boundaries, constitutes a threat to the survival of nation-states, the backbone of nationalism. The aim of this study is to answer the question of how a nationalist party articulates the notion of globalization into its discourse to shed light on its place in the political arena in this global era by examining the ultranationalist Nationalist Action Pa…
At the crossroads of ideological divides: Cooperation between leftists and ultranationalists in Turkey
This study evaluates the role of the cooperation of “leftists” and “ultranationalists” in Turkey’s efforts towards the consolidation of democracy, with a special emphasis on the DSP‐MHP‐ANAP coalition government. This coalition is worth analyzing because it had the longest lifetime among the coalition governments of Turkey, and it can be considered as an example of cooperation across ideological lines since there had been armed clashes between le…
The Fethullah Gülen community: Contribution or barrier to the consolidation of democracy in Turkey
During the post-1980 period there has been a revival of the notions of ‘civil society’ and ‘democracy’ in both developed and developing countries. Scholars in developed countries have begun to addr
At the crossroads of ideological divides: Cooperation between leftists and ultranationalists in Turkey
This study evaluates the role of the cooperation of “leftists” and “ultranationalists” in Turkey’s efforts towards the consolidation of democracy, with a special emphasis on the DSP‐MHP‐ANAP coalition government. This coalition is worth analyzing because it had the longest lifetime among the coalition governments of Turkey, and it can be considered as an example of cooperation across ideological lines since there had been armed clashes between le…
Globalization and Nationalism: The Nationalist Action Party of Turkey
In discussions on globalization, it has been generally proposed that globalization, by removing boundaries, constitutes a threat to the survival of nation-states, the backbone of nationalism. The aim of this study is to answer the question of how a nationalist party articulates the notion of globalization into its discourse to shed light on its place in the political arena in this global era by examining the ultranationalist Nationalist Action Pa…
Party Dissolutions and Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case
Political party competition constitutes an important component of democratic consolidation. In this respect, party dissolutions are generally regarded as impeding consolidation of democracies. This study addresses the relationship between party dissolutions and democratic consolidation, and offers an analysis of recent dissolutions of religiously and ethnically oriented political parties in Turkey. Drawing on Geoffrey Pridham’s distinction betwee…
The interplay between formal and informal institutions in Turkey: The case of the Fethullah Gülen community
Supporters of the Fethullah Gülen community, an informal institution with an influential role in Turkish political life, have formed an international chain of schools and student dormitories, and a communications web that includes newspapers, journals, television and radio channels, as well as other companies and finance institutions. Although the community has no formal structure, its followers have established these formal institutions to integ…
A music for all times: Arabesk as a nostalgic commodity for New Turkey’s entertainment industry
This article deals with the relation between recent manifestations of arabesk music (nostalgic arabesk albums by popular figures and Serkan Kaya, a new singer of arabesk) and the transformation of Turkey’s sociocultural climate during the 2010s. Drawing from concepts of nostalgia and neoliberal consumerism, it examines how contemporary arabesk music turned into a retro product or a nostalgic commodity to correspond to consumers’ constant desire f…
The Fethullah Gülen community: Contribution or barrier to the consolidation of democracy in Turkey
During the post-1980 period there has been a revival of the notions of ‘civil society’ and ‘democracy’ in both developed and developing countries. Scholars in developed countries have begun to addr
At the crossroads of ideological divides: Cooperation between leftists and ultranationalists in Turkey
This study evaluates the role of the cooperation of “leftists” and “ultranationalists” in Turkey’s efforts towards the consolidation of democracy, with a special emphasis on the DSP‐MHP‐ANAP coalition government. This coalition is worth analyzing because it had the longest lifetime among the coalition governments of Turkey, and it can be considered as an example of cooperation across ideological lines since there had been armed clashes between le…
The Fethullah Gülen community: Contribution or barrier to the consolidation of democracy in Turkey
During the post-1980 period there has been a revival of the notions of ‘civil society’ and ‘democracy’ in both developed and developing countries. Scholars in developed countries have begun to addr
Globalization and Nationalism: The Nationalist Action Party of Turkey
In discussions on globalization, it has been generally proposed that globalization, by removing boundaries, constitutes a threat to the survival of nation-states, the backbone of nationalism. The aim of this study is to answer the question of how a nationalist party articulates the notion of globalization into its discourse to shed light on its place in the political arena in this global era by examining the ultranationalist Nationalist Action Pa…
Party Dissolutions and Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case
Political party competition constitutes an important component of democratic consolidation. In this respect, party dissolutions are generally regarded as impeding consolidation of democracies. This study addresses the relationship between party dissolutions and democratic consolidation, and offers an analysis of recent dissolutions of religiously and ethnically oriented political parties in Turkey. Drawing on Geoffrey Pridham’s distinction betwee…
The rising Islamic business elite and democratization in Turkey
Religious versus Secular Groups in the Age of Globalisation in Turkey
During the post‐1980 period, the rise of the Justice and Development Party to power in 2002, increasing visibility of Islamic symbols like the use of the headscarf in the cultural field and the growth of Islamic businesses and markets in the economic field, have all caused anxiety among secular groups in Turkey, concerned that it will lose its economic and social status. This resentment has led to a fierce struggle among secular and religious gro…
Turkey's June 2011 Parliamentary Elections
The parliamentary elections in Turkey were held on 12 June 2011. The elections marked an important turning point as the Justice and Development Party (AKP) became the winner for the third time and with a higher vote, 49.9 per cent. The Republican People's Party (CHP) and the ethnically oriented Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), increased their votes to 25.9 and 6.65 per cent, respectively, while the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) obtained 12.9 per…
Positions of Turkish political parties on European integration
Although academic studies on the positions of political parties in European Union member states concerning European integration have increased since the end of 1990s, there is a lack of systematic and comprehensive research on this topic in Turkey. This article examines the positions on European integration of Turkish political parties competing in the 2002, 2007 and 2011 general elections. It shows that there are more Eurosceptic and Eurorejecti…
The interplay between formal and informal institutions in Turkey: The case of the Fethullah Gülen community
Supporters of the Fethullah Gülen community, an informal institution with an influential role in Turkish political life, have formed an international chain of schools and student dormitories, and a communications web that includes newspapers, journals, television and radio channels, as well as other companies and finance institutions. Although the community has no formal structure, its followers have established these formal institutions to integ…
Turkey’s 2015 parliamentary elections
The 2015 parliamentary elections in Turkey marked an important turning point as the outcome ended the 12 years of single-party government by the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Apart from the main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), two other opposition parties, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), gained more votes than in the previous election. Significantly, by gaining 13.1 per cen…
A music for all times: Arabesk as a nostalgic commodity for New Turkey’s entertainment industry
This article deals with the relation between recent manifestations of arabesk music (nostalgic arabesk albums by popular figures and Serkan Kaya, a new singer of arabesk) and the transformation of Turkey’s sociocultural climate during the 2010s. Drawing from concepts of nostalgia and neoliberal consumerism, it examines how contemporary arabesk music turned into a retro product or a nostalgic commodity to correspond to consumers’ constant desire f…
Forming Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Competitive Authoritarian Contexts: The Case of the 2018 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey
In competitive authoritarian regimes, forming a pre-electoral coalition (PEC) provides a mean for opposition parties to defeat the incumbent party. In Turkey, the ruling Justice and Development Party initiated a PEC by forming the People’s Alliance with two other parties. Like the opposition in other competitive authoritarian regimes, Turkey’s opposition parties also formed a PEC, namely the Nation Alliance. Looking at the political affinity of t…
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