Sociological analysis of contemporary Turkish political elites

Authors

  • Ali Arslan Mersin University, Department of sociology

Keywords:

Demokrasi, Elit, Elit Teorisi, İktidar, Türk Elitleri, Türk Siyasi Elitleri, Günümüz Türk Siyasi Elitleri.

Abstract

This study was designed to find general characteristics of Contemporary Turkish political Elites since 1995 up to date. Social background characteristics were employed to realise the purposes. Documentary and historical research techniques were used during the study.

As a result of examining the Contemporary Turkish political elites (since 1995 up to 2005) these major findings were discovered: the large majority of the Turkish parliamentary elites were well educated, male, middle aged, married and with a small family size. Also, more than 25 percent of Turkish Elites are trader and businessmen. Moreover the size of the groups of lawyers, civil bureaucrats and managers, educators and free professions was also meaningful.
 Contemporary Turkish political elites have exhibited an elitist character as compared with Turkish society, but this elitist character and male domination has begun to change in recent years. Keywords: Democracy, Elite, Elite Theory, Power, Turkish Elites, Turkish Political Elites, Contemporary Turkish Political Elites

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Author Biography

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 de bulundu. Halen, Mersin Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır.

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Published

2007-03-12

How to Cite

Arslan, A. (2007). Sociological analysis of contemporary Turkish political elites. Journal of Human Sciences, 4(1). Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/209

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Political Science

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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