7 JUNE AND 1 NOVEMBER 2015 GENERAL ELECTION MANIFESTO THE PARTY'S RHETORIC AGAINST WOMEN
7 HAZİRAN VE 1 KASIM 2015 GENEL SEÇİMLERİNDE PARTİLERİN SEÇİM BEYANNAMELERİNDE KADINA YÖNELİK SÖYLEMLER

Author : Pınar GÜNER KOÇAK -- Şükrü BALCI
Number of pages : 549-569

Abstract

Election declarations, as an important tool for political communication, are one of the most important tools that reach voters and describe the policies they're watching in case of party is in power and are important in terms of ensuring political participation during the political campaign. However, in Turkey, women are less interested in politics than men and less active participation. There are many reasons for this in terms of social, cultural and economical. However, to be in the background of women in politics than men does not mean that it does not use their votes during the election. On the contrary, in the electoral process, women as well as men can be decisive on election results. In this regard, the parties are trying to create a different discourse and policy for women in their campaign work. The focus of this work is on the female discourse in the election declarations of political parties. In the 2015 general elections, due to the government's failure to establish a government after June 7, the early election was held on November 1, 2015, and political parties had to publish their election declarations twice. The assessment of the political parties' female discourse on the 7 June and 1 November election declarations constitutes the scope of the research. For this purpose, political ideology and female discourse of the AK Party, CHP, MHP and HDP, which passed the election threshold, were discussed firstly and the expressions, promises, and metaphorical discourses towards the women used in the November 1 election declarations were analyzed by discourse analysis. Finally, it is aimed to reveal the similarities and differences of each political party in the June 7 and November 1 election declarations. Within the scope of the study, when the discourses of the political parties are analyzed and compared with the female discourse in the election declarations of the 2015, it is revealed that a male dominated approach and discourse. When the

Keywords

Election Declarations, Women's Rhetoric and Policies, Parties and Elections 7 June and 1 November 2

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