Abstract:

In making true the political analysis of a country, knowing the quality of political identities existing there plays an important role, because political identities function importantly in describing the political formations of today. The formation of political identities can become a fact in the direction of the political, economic, and political traditions of societies as a result of the processes, different from each other. As a matter of fact, Turkey and Europe show different characteristics in terms of the formation of their political identities. Central-peripheral dichotomy, generally acceptable conceptualism for structural analysis of Turkish politics, has a serious share in forming of political identity in Turkey and later, in reinforcing this dichotomy with a dialectic process. Thus, in this article, the formation of political identities in Turkey was attempted to be described in the framework of the contrast central-periphery and the reflection of the values the central and periphery have on the political identities was examined in the relationship between society-politics. In this context, after the formation processes of the concepts of identity and political identity in the West and Turkey, the political identities feeding central right and central left politics that is effective in Turkey were examined. However, starting from the 1950s, it is assumed that the conceptualism central-environment will not be enough alone in describing Turkish political life. Thus, also adding the ideological conflicts developing on the right and left axes to this classical distinction revealed as an obligation. In the article, limitation was identified in the frame of central right, fed from political identities such as conservative, democratic, political Islamist, nationalist-conservative etc. whose ability to be represented in parliament today seemed to be higher, and central left, fed from the identities Kemalist, modernist, and secularist.

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