BEARING OUT ROBERT MICHELS: A RESEARCH ABOUT INTRA-PARTY DEMOCRACY AND OLIGARCHY IN THE TURKISH REPUBLICAN PEOPLE’S PARTY (THE RPP)
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Robert Michels 1911 yılında yazdığı “Siyasal Partiler” eserinde Alman Sosyal Demokrat Parti’nin seçim kampanyalarında halka demokrasi vaat ettiğini, ancak parti içinde demokrasinin geçerli kılınamadığını tespit etmiş, Oligarşinin Demir Kanunu olarak tanımladığı kuramında “kim örgütten bahsediyorsa, oligarşiden bahsediyordur” sözü ile istisnasız tüm örgütlerde (özellikle sosyalist/sosyal demokrat partilerde) gerçek demokrasinin imkansız, oligarşinin kaçınılmaz olduğu sonucuna varmıştır. Bu çalışma ile Antalya ölçeğinde 1.204 CHP üyesi ile anket yapılmış, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nde parti içi demokrasi ve oligarşiye ilişkin görüşleri ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Michels’in “istisnasız tüm örgütlerde oligarşinin kaçınılmaz ve gerçek demokrasinin imkansız olduğu” görüşünün üyeler nezdinde Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi açısından Antalya ölçeğinde geçerli olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.
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Robert Michels identified in his book “Political Parties” written in 1911 that German Social Democrat Party promised democracy to people at election campaigns but it failed to maintain democracy within its own organizational structure. And he resulted that real democracy is improbable and oligarchy is inevitable exceptionally in all organizations (especially socialist/social democrat parties) with his say “who says organization, says oligarchy” in his theory defined as “the Iron Law of Oligarchy”. Within this study, a pool was carried out with 1.204 Republican People’s Party’s members at Antalya scale, their opinions has been revealed about intra-party democracy and oligarchy. It is resulted that, according to the members, Michels’ opinion of “inevitability of oligarchy and improbability of real democracy is exceptionally valid in all organizations” is valid in the Republican People’s Party at Antalya scale.
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