Political perception management in Turkey from its foundation to the present

The concept of perception has been at the center of many events with the spread of technological devices, which has kept its importance from the past to the present and especially with the globalizing world. Throughout the history of the Republic, it has always been an important situation to create and manage the political perception in their favor, among the strategies that political parties and leaders most often resorted to in the struggle for power. So much so that a political party or a political leader was able to turn a negative event in the country in his favor, together with the political perception that he wisely managed. Of course, he also took some auxiliary factors with him for this. For example; Like the media, the role of social media has increased in this regard, especially recently. Throughout the history of the Republic, it has taken its place among the important auxiliary elements in this regard in the newspapers. Turkish political life; it has witnessed many coups, ideological-racial conflicts, economic collapse and coalition governments formed in parallel with these. Therefore, the political perception managed in each political period has differentiated and has different feedbacks to each party and leader. However, although the elements that affect or take place in the center of the political perception management from time to time differ, it has focused on certain elements. So it can be said that; Turkish political perception management has generally been managed over Islam-secularism, Turkish-Kurdish conflict, as well as democracy and economic life. Keywords: Perception Concept, The Concept Of Political Perception, Political Party, Political Leader, Religion, Secularism, İdeology, Mass Media