Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the New Republican People’s Party in Turkey

Praise for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the New Republican People’s Party in Turkey
Contents
1 Introduction
	Introduction
2 The Ideology and History of CHP
	Paradox of the CHP: The Party of the State vs. Social Democrat
	Multiparty System (1946–1960)
	Bülent Ecevit (1972–1980)
	The Center–Periphery Thesis and the CHP
	Deniz Baykal Era (1995–2010)
	Conclusion
3 Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: Life and Socialization
	Kılıçdaroğlu’s Moral Worldview
	Fathers and Sons: Erdoğan vs. Kılıçdaroğlu
	Alevi Identity and Kılıçdaroğlu
	Kızılbaş, Bektaşi, and Alevi
	Dersim/Tunceli Sociopolitical Context
	Memur Adam—Bureaucratic Personality
	The New CHP and Its Identity
	Conclusion
4 Kılıçdaroğlu’s Political Worldview
	Moral and Political Worldview
	State, Society, and Politics
	Justice and Democracy
	Secularism
	Nationalism: Civic Nation
	Moving to the Right or Reaching to the Conservative Population?
	Kılıçdaroğlu’s Discourse of Amending (Helalleşme)
	Kılıçdaroğlu’s Understanding of the Kurdish Issue
	The Chief of the Anatolian Orchestra: The Table of Six
	The Table of Governance and the Kitchen Table: A Collaborative Alliance
	The Post-2019 CHP of Kılıçdaroğlu
	Conclusion
5 Kılıçdaroğlu’s Foreign Policy
	The Tenants of Kılıçdaroğlu’s Foreign Policy
	Erdoğan vs. Kılıçdaroğlu’s Ideological Foreign Policy
	The Pro-Wester Foreign Policy
	The EU–Turkey Relations
	Turkey’s Ties with Russia and Ukraine
	Kılıçdaroğlu as a President: Challenges
	Conclusion
6 Conclusion: The Prospects and 2023 Elections
	The Building Blocks of Authoritarian Culture
	The 2023 Elections and Potential Consequences
Bibliography
Index