Türkiye From The Perspective of the Theory of Pillarization

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 3, 776 - 784, 04.12.2023

Ertugrul Gokcekuyu

https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1246274

Öz

The Netherlands has had a rich theoretical array of instruments to view and understand societal matters. One of the first theoretical instruments is ‘pillarization’ also called verzuiling (Van Doorn 1956) in the Dutch language. A second theoretical instruments is ‘consociationalism’ that was developed by Arend Lijphart (Lijphart 2008) applying the idea of pillarization to all societies in a generic sense. Then a third related concept in this array of theories is ‘corporatism’ (De Grauwe 1977) that has had a strong influence in the Dutch political culture. All three concepts are characteristic for the Dutch political historical development. Although they may sometimes be used interchangeably, all three concepts are interrelated but not the same (Wintle 2000). All three instruments have played important roles in the social-historical processes in the emancipation of minority groups and in the building of a national identity (Miert 1992). The three concepts consociation, pillarization and corporatism have been important in public life. This article views all three concepts by viewing the Dutch history and looks into the Turkish socio-political processes today. The argumentation of this paper is that at least two of three concepts will apply to the Turkish public, political life and culture. I argue that the Turkish situation can also be characterised by the concept of vertical pluralism that was followed by a reversed process called depillarization (ontzuiling) in the Dutch language. This depillarization efforts can be seen in the way political parties seek coalition and consensus in multiple forms as is the case with the Cumhur ittifakı and the six partner formations (altılı masa formasyonu).

Anahtar Kelimeler

Pillarization, Consociationalism, Corporatism, Emancipation

Destekleyen Kurum

Anadolu Üniversitesi

Teşekkür

I hope this article may serve the academic world. Many thanks.

Sütunlaşma Teorisi Perspektifinden Türkiye

Öz

Hollanda’nın tarihsel gelişimi sonucu oluşan toplumsal yapısı anlamak üzere geliştirilen teorik araçlar akademik bir zenginliğe sahiptir. Bu teorik araçlardan biriside Hollandaca da verzuiling (pillarization) adı altında anlam bulan 'sütunlaşma' kavramıdır. Hollanda sosyal yapısına adapte olan bu sütunlaşma teorisi daha sonra Arend Lijphart (Lijphart 2008) tarafından daha jenerik bir uygulama için geliştirilmiş ve adına consociationalism veya müşterek çıkarlar üzerine kurulan ortaklıklar şeklinde de ifade edilen kavram ile siyaset bilimi alanına kazanıdırlmıştır. Hollanda sosyal, toplumsal yapısında varlık bulan pillarization kavramının yanı sıra güçlü bir anlama sahip olan ‘korporatizm’ kavramı da yer almıştır. Her üç kavram da Hollanda siyasi tarihsel gelişimi için karakteristiktir. Bazen eşanlamlı kullanılma eğilimi olsa da aslında ayrı kavramdırlar ve birbirleriyle ilişkilidirler. Her üç kavram da azınlık grupları olarak nitelendirilen gurupların izolasyona kendi tercihleri ile girerek siyasi özgürleşme ve ulus inşası süreçlerinde büyük öneme sahiptirler. Bu makale, Hollanda’nın yakın tarihini inceleyerek üç kavramın günümüz Türkiye sosyo-politik sürecini bu kavramlar üzerinden anlamlandırılımasını hedef edinmektedir. Sonuç olarak üç kavramdan en az ikisinin günümüz Türkiyesinde sosyal-siyasal anlamda görünür olduğudur. Türkiye'de sosyal toplumsal yapısında dikey çoğulculuğun mevcut olduğu ve bu süreci daha sonra sütünlaşmanın dağılmasıyla (depillarization) bir özgürleşme (emancipation) sürecinin takip edeceği öngörülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sütunlaşma teorisi, Konsosyonalizm, Korporatizm, Özrgürlük

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