An analysis on voting behaviour in Turkey from the perspective of political sociology

From the early ages on, human beings have formed power in order to create social order, even in different shapes. The right to vote has always been a center of the debates on polities in all societies. Both in terms of equality and in terms of potential importance of the behaviour itself, voting behaviour has got significance over the time. Nowadays it is a prominent element of democratic societies. In democratic countries the power of voters in electing the goverment and changing it has great importance. For this reason, politicians become candidate in elections by trying to influence voters. The factors that influence the choice of the voters have been studied largely. In Turkey the elections with many different outcomes like coalition government created a reach political history. In recent times, the elections have been won by a single party regularly. However, in 2015 the elections ended third hegemony. The June Elections brought a conclusion as an early election and only in a five mont time-period, the voting be have of voters changed greatly. In the November Elections, situtions radically changed. In this thesis, the main goal is to research the factors that change the choice of some voters. Keywords: Elections, The Voting Behaviour, Voter, 7 June, 1 November.