LES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 30 MARS 2014 EN TURQUIE : UN SCRUTIN ENTRE NATIONAL ET LOCAL

In: Pôle sud: revue de science politique, Band 2, Heft 41, S. 195-202

Abstract

The local elections of March 30, 2014 were widely regarded as a national ballot. Indeed, major national issues were projected are both by the majority of observers and by numerous politicians: he was the first electoral consultation for three years - which is a long period without a vote for Turkish political temporality. Mostly it was the first electoral consultation for two major political episodes that have greatly undermined the popularity of the AKP (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, Party of Justice and Development) party since 2002: first, contesting Gezi born in spring 2013; on the other, the corruption scandals rhythms by 'leaks' regular sound recordings from December 2013 on social networks, compromising for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his entourage, accusing them of corruption, public procurement rigged to exercised pressure on the judiciary or the media. These 'leaks' have sealed the end of the alliance between the ruling party and the neo-Fethullah Gulen brotherhood movement that had until then seconded and showed a significant presence in the judiciary, police and education. These two episodes have hit the headlines and widely influenced the readings of the Turkish political life; however, their impact in electoral terms was very difficult to evaluate. Adapted from the source document.