Attitudes and priorities of city dwellers in Turkey. Lessons for more responsible and accountable municipal administration
Ali arkogluandaglayan IsikStrateji/MORI, Turkey
I-) INTRODUCTION
The Turkish national political agenda in much of 1995 was dominated by demands by the opposition parties for an early general election1. The March 1994 local elections were partly responsible for this development, as they revealed some of the deep rooted uneasiness about the political system in Turkey. The remarkable electoral success of the Welfare Party (RP), a religious fundamentalist party, in March 1994 local elections gave the RP executive control over most...