Exploring the ideological landscape of X/Twitter users in Turkey
Political and Cultural Axes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6093537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Fuat Kına (0000-0002-1230-2511, Marmara University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Pages | 96-123 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/npt.2025.10043 |
| OpenAlex | W4413653312 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This study analyzes Turkey’s political landscape by harnessing computational social science techniques to parse extensive data about public ideologies from the Politus database. Unlike existing theoretical frameworks that focus on the ideologies of political elites and cadres, this study examines public ideologies in a contentious political manner. Exploiting an artificial intelligence-based data generation pipeline on digital traces, it distills the eight most prevalent ideologies down to the city level and employs exploratory statistical analyses. Principal component analysis delineates two fundamental axes: the traditional left–right political spectrum and a separate spectrum of secular–religious inclination, encompassing both political and cultural dimensions. Then, cluster analysis reveals three distinct groups: left-leaning and religiously inclined; center-right-leaning and religiously inclined; and those with a center-right-leaning focus and a pronounced secular orientation. The outcomes provide valuable insights into the political and cultural axes within political society, offering a clearer understanding of the most recent ideological and political climate in Turkey
Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |