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dc.contributor.authorAydin-Duzgit, S.
dc.contributor.authorPaker, Evren Balta
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-29T07:31:43Z
dc.date.available2019-03-29T07:31:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.identifier.issn0896-6346en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/6245
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-perspectives-on-turkey/article/when-elites-polarize-over-polarization-framing-the-polarization-debate-in-turkey/7577DD2452EC746F684BB4E744FBCE29
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to explore the views of the Turkish elite on the state of polarization in Turkey. By identifying four political frames-namely, harmony, continuity/decline, conspiracy, and conflict-that selected Turkish political and civil society elites use in discussing the phenomenon of polarization in the country through their contributions to a workshop and in-depth qualitative interviews, the article finds that there is a considerable degree of polarization among the Turkish elite regarding their views on the presence of polarization in Turkey. Moreover, this overlaps with the divide between the government and the opposition in the country. An analysis of the justificatory arguments employed in constituting the aforementioned frames shows that, while those elites who deny the existence of polarization seek its absence in essentialist characteristics of society, in reductionist comparisons with history, or in internal/external enemies, those who acknowledge polarization's presence look for its roots in political and institutional factors and processes. The article highlights how, given the denial of polarization by the pro-government elite and the substantial gap between the two camps' justificatory narratives, the currently reported high rates of polarization in Turkey can, at best, be expected to remain as is in the near future, barring a radical change in political constellations.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNew Perspectives on Turkey
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dc.titleWhen elites polarize over polarization: Framing the polarization debate in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.contributor.departmentÖzyeğin University
dc.contributor.authorID(ORCID 0000-0001-6364-4426 & YÖK ID 174081) Balta, Evren
dc.contributor.ozuauthorPaker, Evren Balta
dc.identifier.volume59en_US
dc.identifier.startpage109en_US
dc.identifier.endpage133en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000451126200007
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/npt.2018.22en_US
dc.subject.keywordsPolarizationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTurkeyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPopulismen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDemocracyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsElite conflicten_US
dc.identifier.scopusSCOPUS:2-s2.0-85057285222
dc.contributor.authorFemale1
dc.relation.publicationcategoryArticle - International Refereed Journal - Institutional Academic Staff


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