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Content analysis of Ataturk's parliament opening speeches

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2013
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Content analysis method is a method for obtaining descriptive findings about the message, author, even the written time period by the systematic examination of the texts. When it is applied on the texts of the speech that are said for the same purpose, it can supply to elicit the common feelings and thoughts in the speaker?s messages. In this way, it is possible to find the speaker?s effect on the listeners and their commenting that received from messages, This study is about the investigation of Ataturk?s paliament opening speeches, made each year of the assembly, begining since the Grand National Assembly of Turkey had openned, by using content analysis method. Such conversations have a separate purpose and importance in other recent conversations, due to they are made for the Assembly's work at the beginning of the year. Each text of speech contains the history and the future messages for the work of the Assembly and therefore the government works. The effects of the texts are selected as the research topic as while Ataturk's issues in his speeches and the parliamentary activities had shaped the developments in the country together. Our goal is to reveal as if the texts of speeches were drawing vision or not. As a result, Ataturk's capability on routing the masses, which is a part of his leadership property, will be evaluated in an other way. The review covers the years between 1920-1938. This period contains the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Turkey and the development of the startup process. As well this period describes the years that the full extent of the people's sovereignty establishment has been created in the country. In this respect, it can be observed how much the topics, that were pointed by Ataturk, have been understood and adopted since the Grand National Assembly of Turkey had started to work, up to now. Furthermore the allocated time and the ordering of issues in the texts of speeches can offer an important indicator about the terms of priorities in the country. The parts of the texts on the same topic were analyzed separately and then reached the comments and evaluations of all. So the observation was made among the inductive way, starting from small parts. Such parts can be used as a data for the studies performed in the same titles any where. Indeed, many works on the history of the Turkish Republic classify issues similar to our subject headings. Hence, Ataturk?s parliament opening speeches are like as a summary of its time period, in a sense. So, it may be accepted that parliament opening speeches contain as much thoughts collectively until the larger time slices as others can not. Ataturk is a teacher also in saying parliament opening speeches alike every field of his life. The people, who shaped their movement with his speehes, is not blindly took a step, but by believing. There is alot of examples about his relevance on government works and leading ways. This study, additionally, reveals his success of guiding lawmakers and drawing vision to them. Keywords: Assembly, Content Analysis, Vision, Parliament Opening Speeches.

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İhsan Çanak

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İhsan Çanak (Master Thesis). Content analysis of Ataturk's parliament opening speeches, 2013, Uşak University.

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