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How Populist Zeitgeist Controls Turkish Electoral Campaign 2018

How Populist Zeitgeist Controls Turkish Electoral Campaign 2018

The new elections in Turkey is displaying strong populist rhetoric that is invoked by all major candidates in order to win popular support. These four political leaders’ electoral campaigns rely on populist language, glorifying the role of the people and illustrating their superiority.

22 June 2018 Tuğçe Erçetin,Emre Erdoğan,Jan Philipp Thomeczek