ABSTRACT
THE POPULISM OF THE VILLAGE INSTITUTES:
A CONTRADICTORY EXPRESSION OF KEMALIST POPULISM
Aytemur, Nuran
Ph.D., Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Okyayuz
March 2007, 217 pages
This thesis analyzes the populism of the Village Institutes by comparing it with
Kemalist populism. In this context it is worth to say that throughout the thesis
populism is defined as government by the people and discussed in relation to
democracy. In order to do so &ndash / as a first step - the democratic structure and
function(ing) of the Village Institutes are discussed with reference to their
fundamental principles, organizational structure, and educational program.
Secondly, the contradictory conceptualization of the &ldquo / people&rdquo / and the separation
between the &ldquo / intellectual&rdquo / and the &ldquo / people&rdquo / is tried to be analyzed with reference
to the writings of ismail Hakki Tonguç / (who is called as the architect of the
Village Institutes), the memoirs of the graduates of the Village Institutes, and indepth
interviews made with their graduates. The question hereby is to what extent
this understanding of populism involve in itself what can be called the
&ldquo / paradoxical elitism&rdquo / of the populist ideology, which arises out of the tensive
relation between &ldquo / social-egalitarian&rdquo / and &ldquo / administrative-institutional&rdquo / aspects of
populism. It is claimed that despite the similarities with Kemalist populism, the
Village Institutes shifted the emphasis from the &ldquo / administrative-institutional&rdquo / to
the &ldquo / social-egalitarian&rdquo / aspect of populism and surpassed the boundaries of
Kemalist populism by implementing democratic principles like &ldquo / equality&rdquo / and
&ldquo / self-government&rdquo / , and encouraging participation and by attempting to create a
new kind of intellectual through &ldquo / education within work&rdquo / .
Keywords: The Village Institutes, Populism, Elitism, Kemalist Populism, Democracy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12608293/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 March 2007 |
| Creators | Aytemur, Nuran |
| Contributors | Okyayuz, Mehmet |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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