As the elections approach, many issues of our political life are entering a new wave of politicization. Everything from foreign policy-security areas to identity, economic problems and daily life is and will be on the agenda of party politics. It should be expected that crisis management related to internal and external tensions will always be on the table. This is not surprising for the election period of a country with geopolitical importance like Turkey. In addition, both the People’s Alliance and the opposition “most critical choice” It is also very normal for him to meet the 2023 elections he announced with all his energy and assertiveness. “International Who can rule the country in times of crisis? The election campaign period, which will revolve around the debate, will sometimes be the scene of crises, sometimes a survival discourse contest, and sometimes inclusive political moves and proposals. The fact that almost all polls point to an undecided voter who will affect the result is important in shaping the discourses of politicians. We can list the areas that the topics in the election campaigns will focus on as follows: Applicant and systems discussion, identity issues (Kurdish question, Alevi demands, refugees), social segments economic expectations, lifestyle ideological polemics about terrorism struggle and foreign policy subjects (Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Relations with EU, USA, Russia and Syria as).
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After the attack on three cemevis in Ankara, President Erdoğan’s visit to Hüseyin Gazi Cemevi was seen as bringing different identity groups in our country back to the political agenda. Erdogan’s visit, adding his intention to go to the Hacı Bektaş Lodge “election investment” There were those who considered
However, Erdogan took an integrative step against the provocations that had already begun.
The government has the responsibility to anticipate, prevent and manage crises. In this respect, identity issues are also important in terms of preventing some provocations and managing crises.
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Our country has already entered the election surface with the agenda of the possible candidate(s) of the opposition. Many parties’ development of discourse on the Kurdish issue and HDP’s “bring radical suggestions” effort is related to the re-politicization of identity issues during the election period. In the coming months, we may see an intense identity politics in terms of the revival of different identity demands and inclusive proposals regarding them. However, it is inevitable that these demands should be evaluated in terms of the integrity of national identity and state administration.
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“Cem houses being places of worship”, “mother tongue education” and “strong local Administration” demands of the state in Turkey in the context of secularism and national identity critical issues that need to be built. Intensifying the discussion on these issues parties will win, except perhaps the HDP. groups of voters they will lose must also be observed. In recent years In our country where polarization is mentioned a lot the upcoming elections are critical leads to a fierce discussion of identity issues is it? Do we enter the spiral of identitarian politics? My expectation is that issues of identity are discussed, that promotes inclusive discourse-dialogue prominence of policies and partial regulations to be done. Absence of radical expansions.
Of course, it will not be missing that the parties frequently poll and accuse each other on these issues. However, the identitarian politics that will make radical proposals and increase the tension will receive a reaction from the voters.
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Opposition parties have placed economic problems at the center of their discourse. CHP, IP and others make suggestions every day to make life easier on behalf of many segments, from pensioners to minimum wage earners, from incentives to tax reductions. Many of these proposals meet with the steps taken by the government to protect large segments from the effects of inflation. this meeting “We We said Erdogan did it” formulation is not effective. Voters still do not see the opposition as an alternative to solving problems. Erdogan, who has been in power for twenty years, strengthens the perception that he will solve the current economic problems with his successes in the fields of foreign policy and security. Oddly enough, the opposition’s suppression of the government with the demands of the voters works for the government. On the one hand, these demands are met, on the other “vote investment” his criticisms are ineffective.
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