Exploring Recent Ideological Divides in Turkey: Political and Cultural Axes

• DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/kp7s2
• Publication Date: 2024-05-03T08:27:46Z
• Authors: MEHMET FUAT KINA
• Keywords: Social Statistics; Sociology; Social and Behavioral Sciences

This study analyzes Turkey's political landscape by harnessing Computational Social Science techniques to parse extensive data about public ideologies from the Politus database. Unlike existing theoretical framework that considers of elites and cadres, this examines in a contentious manner. It distills eight most prevalent down city level employs unsupervised machine learning models. The Principal Component Analysis delineates two fundamental axes, traditional left-right spectrum separate secular-religious inclination, namely cultural dimensions. Then, Cluster reveals three distinct groups: left-leaning religiously inclined, right-leaning those with centrist views pronounced secular focus. outcomes provide valuable insights into axes within society, offering clearer understanding recent ideological climate Turkey.