Abstract:

In this study, from June 2020 to June 2020, the five political parties in the Greater National Assembly of Turkey, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Democratic Party of the Peoples (HDP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and finally the GOOD Party's websites were studied in the context of public relations purposes. In this context, the web pages of the parties concerned have been studied with content analysis in 23 categories, including general information and corporate identity elements, interaction, information sharing, including elements. The results show that the web pages contain in large proportion the elements determined for public relations purposes. The results of the analysis showed that two of the 23 categories evaluated were not found on any party’s website. 6 of the elements that are considered to be public relations purposes are available on all websites. The results show that the successful website in terms of compliance with the public relations objective belongs to the Party of Justice and Survival, while this is the website of the GOOD Party, which is unconnected. According to the results, the web pages can be used more effectively as a tool for public relations and, consequently, political communication.

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