Jdp: Political communication strategy and applications

Today, importance of the political comminication strategies became an incontrovertible and inevitable part of governments. The reason for this situation is the need that political figures require confirmation and acceptance from public due to the transformation to democracy system. Political figures utilitize some techniques in order to maintain their power and sovereignity in order to influence the public. Political communication is a method to impress and acquire acceptance and confirmation from the target mass. In this study, the the discourses produced by the members of the Justice and Development Party from 2002 to 2018 is investigated in 5 different periods of power. According to this, different themes and subjects are emphasized in each era. Keywords: Political Communication, Justice and Development Party, 15th of July Coup Attempt, Economic Crisis, FETÖ.