Social democratization of Republican Peoples's Party (RPP) and universal social democratic principles

Social democracy has emerged as a new ideological orientation in Turkey, in the mid - 1960's and it has been adopted by Republican People's Party (RPP) which is founder – Kemalist party of Turkey. After 1965, RPP has declared that "RPP is a center – left party in Turkish politics" and tried to build a social democrat bloc in politics. My central research question is that "RPP's social democratization reflects universal social democratic values or not?" and I have some sub-questions: Has Turkish social democracy a consistent discourse and policy in the context of universal social democratic values? How can be defined the Turkish social democrat position scientifically and politically? It will be tried to show that historical Kemalist and founder values are more effective and decisive than social democratic political values for RPP and can be defined as obstacle for social democratization of RPP. The thesis aims to show that contradictions between universal social democrat paradigms and historical values of RPP, from 1965 to today. Keywords: Republican People's Party, Social Democracy, Turkey, Kemalism.