Sociological profiles of the Justice and Development Party deputies (22. Period)

Authors

  • D. Ali Arslan Mersin University, Department of Sociology

Keywords:

Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP Milletvekilleri, Demokrasi, Elit, Elit Teorisi, Siyasi Elit, Türk Siyasi Elitleri

Abstract

The major objective of this study is to examine the general sociological characteristics of the contemporary Turkish governmental political elites (since 2002 up to 2007). Social background characteristics were employed to realise the purposes. Documentary and historical research techniques were used during the study.
The Justice and Development Party won 367 of 550 seats in the recent Turkish general Elections (2002). As a result of this election victory they have formed the Government. As a result of the examining the contemporary Turkish political elites (since 2002 up to 2007) these major findings were discovered: the large majority of the Justice and Development Party deputies were well educated, male, middle aged, married and with a medium family size. Also, more than 28 percent of this elite group are trader and businessmen. Moreover the size of civil bureaucrats and managers, the groups of lawyers and educators was also meaningful. It can be conluded that contemporary Turkish govermental elites (MP’s of Justice and Development Party) have exhibited an elitist character as compared with Whole Turkish Society.

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Author Biography

D. Ali Arslan, Mersin University, Department of Sociology

Sosyolog ve siyaset bilimci. İngiltere’de “University of Surrey” de, Sosyal bilimler metodolojisi alanında yüksek lisans (MSc.) ve yine aynı üniversitede, siyaset sosyolojisi alanında doktora (PhD) yaptı. Sosyolojinin değişik dallarında çok sayıda akademik çalışması bulunan araştırmacı Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi’nde dekan yardımcısı, orta öğretim sosyal alanlar eğitimi bölüm başkanlığı görevlerinde bulundu. Halen, Mersin Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır.

Published

2007-10-07

How to Cite

Arslan, D. A. (2007). Sociological profiles of the Justice and Development Party deputies (22. Period). Journal of Human Sciences, 4(2). Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/319

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Political Science