Özet:

In modern democracies, Political parties are leading, directing and indispensable institutional actors. This definition mostly applies to modern liberal democracies, which have an organic and necessary connection with democracy. This ideal situation is a presupposition for Turkish political life and has been the subject of many political analyses. However, the need to define the problematic between political parties and democracy in Turkish political life remains topical. In this regard, an assessment of democracy through the organizational structures of political parties that have played an active role in the last two decades of Turkish politics will reveal explanatory results. Within the scope of the study, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Republican People's Party (CHP), which have a high capacity to influence the society and embody different ideological attitudes, are considered to be the most appropriate examples to be evaluated through their organizational structures in terms of Turkish politics. The main purpose of the study is to explain the main reasons why the culture of democracy in Turkey has not reached the level of liberal democracy. For this purpose, inclusive generalizations regarding the main problematic are expressed through the examples of the AK Party and CHP. The study was carried out in a Few Research Analysis dimensions using a qualitative research design. Ak Parti and CHP were determined as the main cases. These cases were analyzed using the Most Different Systems Design (MDSD) method. Party programs were used as the main research resource in this analysis. The causality relationship between the forms of intra-party organization determined as the independent variable and the anti-democratic policies of the parties in political reality is explained. In order to avoid the problem of election bias, the samples were selected from parties with different ideologies that have a high influence in the society.