TÜRKiYE-DE SiYASAL GÜVEN: NEDENLERi VE SONUÇLARI

Abstract

This study seeks to explore sources of political support and dtizen dissatisfaction with the govemment and its consequences in Turkish politics. First, the study examines citizen support for political socicty, dernocratic regirnc, and rcgime performance using the World Values Surveys, 1990-91 and 1996-97. Second, the study alternpts to explain deterrninants of dtizen frustration and political support in Turkey. This paper finds that there is overwhelming support for the democratic rcgime and political socicty in Turkey, but a majority of dtizens are dissatisfied with governmental institutions. The study provides evidence that citizen frustration in Turkey is related to their perception of poor government performance, and unfaimess and unresponsiveness in the goveming processes. in addition, the study suggests that while highly trustful and optimistic voters tend to withdraw from participation in elections, frustrated voters are more likely to support populistic protest parties.