Özet:

The conservationism is not enough to be understood in Turkey both conceptual and thoughtful. In the process that began with the Republic period in 1930 and later in 1950, the conservative thought found its ground with the Democratic Party's power in 2002 with the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) found great responses in both political and social terms. The party came out of the national view, and in 2002 it gained power. The party, which has been found in different speeches from the national view movement, has also been in a different understanding from the conservative point of view. However, it is noted that the conservative perception of the party has changed during the process. The aim of the work with the movement here is to show that the conservative speech that the AK Party adopted as a different understanding has changed after 2007. Indeed, as the AK Party came to power, it has revealed its democratic conservative identity and, along with this identity, it has attributed importance to the family, individual, society, history and religion, as well as to secularity, democracy, and freedom, which are the fundamental elements of conservative thought. In this direction, important policies have been carried out in the internal policy on the Kurdish issue, the zero issue with the neighbors in the foreign policy and the full membership in the EU. But it has become more intrinsic, nationalist, conservative identity than the democratic conservative identity that exists since 2007. In my opinion, along with this identity, there are conservative changes in both domestic and foreign policy. From here in work with the movement, the AK Party’s speech, the basis of the conservative thought, has been studied through the changes in the internal and external policy in the context of freedom and democracy, addressing elements such as the religion family, individual and society.

Özet:

Conservatism, has not been sufficiently understood both conceptually and thought in Turkey. The conservative thought, which found its ground with the power of the Democratic Party of 1930 and the 1950 Democratic Party in the period beginning with the Republican era, found a significant response both in political and social terms with the 2002 Justice and Development Party (AK Party). The AK Party came out of the national view and gained power in 2002. The AK Party, which had made different discourses from the national view movement, was also in a different understanding from a conservative perspective. However, there were changes in the party's thought of conservatism in the process. The aim of this study is to reveal that the conservative discourse adopted by the AK Party as a different understanding has changed after 2007. As a matter of fact, when the AK Party came to power, it put forward the identity of the democratic conservative and attached importance to secularism, democracy and freedom as well as the family, the individual, society, history and religion, which are the basic elements of conservative thought. In this respect, the Kurdish problem in domestic politics, zero problems with neighbors in foreign policy and important policies regarding full membership to the EU were carried out. However, after 2007, he became more introverted and nationalist conservative rather than the existing democratic conservative. Together with this identity, conservative changes are observed in the context of political discourse in both domestic and foreign policy. From this point of view, the discourse of AK Party, religion, which is the basis of conservative thought, family, individual and society, elements such as freedom and democracy in the context of changes in domestic and foreign policy are examined.

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