The Changes Made to the Electoral Systems in Turkey and their Reflect?ons to The Elections

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  • K?l?

Keywords:

Elections, Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Turkey

Abstract

Until 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was governed by absolute monarchy but after many developments in Europe, democracy emerged in political life of humanity once more after centuries and Ottoman Empire was also affected by these developments. On the way to democracy, the first stop was the constitution in 1876. But after a short while, it was abolished and the country turned to monarchy once more for the next 33 years. Then the new constitution was put into power and the foundation of Turkish Republic changed many things in political life. After the new constitution, Turkey went through one-party government for 27 years. Then, democratic trends in Turkey and the whole world got stronger and a new era started in Turkey with Democratic Party. Then different coup d

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Published

2014-06-30

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K?l?, . (2014). The Changes Made to the Electoral Systems in Turkey and their Reflect?ons to The Elections. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 16(2), 111–123. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/2443

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2014)

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