Browsing by Author "Turk, Hasan Bahadir"

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Americanization of Political Campaigns: a Comparison of the Cases of Forza Italia and the Young Party
(Turkiye Orta Dogu Amme Idaresi Enstitusu, 2010) Turk, Hasan Bahadir; Türk, Hasan Bahadır; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler
Similar to political institutions and structures, political campaigns have also undergone dramatic transformations. The Americanization of political campaigns, which are characterized by certain peculiarities, such as the personalization of politics, weakening of party organizations, wide use of media channels in the political marketing process, need for specialization, primacy of opinions over ideologies and conceptualization of citizens as policy consumers, is a by-product of these dramatic transformations. This paper aims to compare Forza Italia and the Young Party through the Americanization of political campaigns with special emphasis on the connection between the transformation of political campaigns and the crisis of representative democracy.
A Glance at the Problem of Reason of State Through Siyasatnamas
(Beytulhikme Felsefe Cevresi, 2018) Turk, Hasan Bahadir; Türk, Hasan Bahadır; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler
This study aims to discuss the problem of the reason of state through siyasatnamas. The study consists of two sections. The first section focuses on the nature and historical development of the concept of the reason of state. The second section examines the problem of the reason of state in siyasatnamas through an interpretive-textual method. The major argument of the study is that traces of the term reason of state can be found in siyasatnamas.
The Political Meaning of the Debate on Necessity and Human Nature in Spinoza's Tractatus Politicus
(Beytulhikme Felsefe Cevresi, 2016) Turk, Hasan Bahadir; Türk, Hasan Bahadır; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler
Much ink has been spilled over the relationship between the problem of human nature and politics. One might argue that political models and perspectives are the extensions of how one approaches the problem of human nature. Accordingly, debates over the problem of human nature have also been at the very centre of the quest for a good political society. Moving from this axis, the aim of this study is to take a glance at the political meaning of the debate of necessity and human nature in Spinoza's Tractatus Politicus. In so doing, the study first deals with the relationship between necessity and human nature and then scrutinizes the connection between necessity and politics. The major argument of this study is that Spinoza's approach to the problem of human nature cannot be reduced to an essentialist dichotomy between optimism and pessimism.
The Problem of Checking The Political Power in The Tradition of Siyasat-Nama: The Case of Nushatu's-selatin
(Turkiye Orta Dogu Amme Idaresi Enstitusu, 2017) Turk, Hasan Bahadir; Türk, Hasan Bahadır; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler
The problem of how to be able to check the political power lies at the very heart of the historical debates over politics. This problem is part and parcel of another vital political problem that can be best described as the necessity of setting limits to the power of rulers. Accordingly, one might argue that checking the political power and setting limits to it are not basically and simply the same thing. This paper, moving from this assumption, attempts to shed some light upon the problem of checking the political power through the lenses of an Ottoman bureaucrat of the sixteenth century, namely, Mustafa Ali of Gallipoli. In so doing, the paper focuses on a text written by Mustafa Ali in 1581. The major argument of this paper is that Mustafa Ali's text, Nushatu'sSelatin (Advices to Sultans), which is an example of Siyasat-nama genre of books, deals with the problem of checking the political power with a particular emphasis upon three certain principles: Justice, fear of God and merit.