Perceived image of political party leaders in the Turkey Grand National Assembly: A survey for state universities in Izmir

It is accepted that the most important factor in political parties, which are an element of the democratic system, in voter preferences is the leader image. In this study, the perceived image of political party leaders was examined with the sample of state university students. In the application phase, a questionnaire was applied to 400 students studying in İzmir state universities, the data obtained were entered into SPSS program. In the analyzes, the frequency distributions of the participants about the socio-demographic characteristics and political tendencies were taken, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (anova) and the correlation between the scales were applied. The main purpose of this study is; to evaluate the factors affecting the clans of university students on the image of political party leaders. According to research findings, that are importants to have management knowledge, sufficient knowledge-skills, oratory ability, not to contradict what they say, experienced leadership skills and good relationship with party organization while evaluating the leadership image of the political leaders. In addition, it was concluded that the perceived image of political party leaders was significantly relationship with demographic characteristics of participants other than the gender.