The Influence of Religion on the Dominant Party System in Turkey and Russia
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Bayram,
A.
T.
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Asrifan,
A.
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Sharma,
N.
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,
M.
(eds.)
2023.
Current Approaches in Social Sciences.
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This paper examines whether the phenomenon of religion can be a determining dynamic in the emergence of the dominant-party system. To explain this, I take hand Turkey and Russia, which have been governed by a dominant party for more than 20 years. Accordingly, I analyze the importance of religion from the standpoint of the electorate of these two countries since the dominant parties emerge based on voter preferences. The findings of this study reveal that religion can be very effective in creating a dominant party in non-secularised countries such as Turkey. However, when the case of Russia is considered, it demonstrates that religious phenomenon remains the emergence of the dominant-party system remains far from being a determinant and generalizable dynamic.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Asra Babayiğit- Ulaş Başar Gezgin- Abdulkadir Cesur- Salahattin Altundağ- Barış Emre Sönmez- Hüseyin Aras Babayiğit- İbrahim Yorgun- Hasibe Yazıt- Tuğçe Sivri- Ali Turan Bayram- Yavuz Çetin- Mehtap Bayrak; Ali Turan Bayram- Andi Asrifan- Neha Sharma; Ali Babahan; Muthmainnah