Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47613/reflektif.2022.65

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populism, content analysis, Turkish politics, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, political campaigns

Abstract

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a very significant political figure in Turkey, but his political success cannot be fully grasped without detailed analysis of his political campaign speeches in which he embodies the masses and defies his political enemies. This study reveals the most populist words used by Erdoğan through content analysis of his speeches held in general (2007, 2011, 2018) and local elections (2004, 2009, and 2014). The study investigates how distinctive populist words, such as brothers and sisters (kardeş*) and the people (millet), manifest in Erdoğan’s speeches. This paper provides illustrative examples of Erdoğan’s populist discourse.

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Published

2022-01-31

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Çay, F. (2022). Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Distinctive Populist Discourse: Content Analysis. REFLEKTIF Journal of Social Sciences, 3(1), 201–222. https://doi.org/10.47613/reflektif.2022.65

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): February

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Off Topic

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