The reflection of the changing politics with postmodernism to the political power in Turkey

The breaking up of the welfare state, which was institutionalized after the World War II, with the economic crisis that it faces in 1973, necessitated the rearrangement of the state and the political system in favor of the capital and in this restructuring process, by wrapping up in an authoritarian characteristic state began to take a shape in a neoliberal direction. The restructuring process of the new right project in the economic domain was tried to be completed with the individualistic and identity based discourse of postmodernism in the cultural field. After 1980 with the collapse of the Eastern Block, this globally proceeding transformation reduced democracy in free market economy and the elections by changing the democracy discourse.Turkish political life was also affected with this process and in the context of clarifying today?s political conception, the 1980,12th September Coup is a landmark in the Turkish political and social life. The economic, social and political frame was shaped under the effect of postmodernism and in the light of neoliberal choices as a hegemonic project. After 1980, as an opposite of a participatory and pluralistic political manner that is based on political and social rights and freedom, the ruling of Özal maintained this process with a strong and efficient execution manner by counting on the institutional basis of 1982 Constitution. As a result of contradictions and instabilities it embodies, this hegemonic project paved the way for legitimacy crisis, economic impasses and a chaotic order in Turkey.In this study the theoretical conception of political thought and policy making, the redefining attempt of politics, the common effects of the new right and the postmodern approach that is popular in the world and Turkey, and the crisis that they cause in the economic, social and political life will be mentioned. In this context, by discussing the neoliberal discourse and identity based politics that is frequently mentioned in political sciences, the effects of modernism and postmodernism in Turkey will be discussed comparatively from past to present.Keywords: Postmodernism, New Right, Neoliberalism, Turkish Political Life