• Title of article

    The Democracy Rhetoric of Democrat Party

  • Author/Authors

    Özçelik, Pınar Kaya Pamukkale Üniversitesi - Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Turkey

  • From page
    163
  • To page
    187
  • Abstract
    The topic of the article is the democracy rhetoric of the Democrat Party during the period 1945-1960. In this context, three different seperate phases have been identified in the light of the evolution and transformation of democracy rhetoric of Democrat Party during years. The first phase is covered by the years 1945-1950, when Democrat Party was in opposition. In this phase, the rhetoric of democracy was based on to the idea of to strenghten democracy and to improve fundamental rights and freedoms.In the second phase covering the period 1950-1954, the rhetoric of democracy was started to slow down and the limits of the fundamental rights and freedoms began to determined in this context. The third phase covering the years 1954- 1960 reflects a period when Democrat Party moved away from democracy and established an authoritarian governance.
  • Keywords
    Democracy words , Democrat Party , Republican People s Party , single party period , political power struggle.
  • Journal title
    The Journal Of The Faculty Of Political Sciences
  • Journal title
    The Journal Of The Faculty Of Political Sciences
  • Record number

    2579629