A STUDY ON THE REFERENDUM (APRIL 16, 2017) PERCEPTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: SAMPLE OF BÜLENT ECEVİT UNIVERSITY
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 50
Abstract
Referendum is on of the basic practices from ancient Greek civilization to these days and reveals public opinions on a law. The theoretical root of the referendum is based on the theory that J. J. Rousseau's "Society Convention" states that your sovereignty can not be transferred to anything other than humanity. The referendum is a democratic means of public participation in politics. But it can be said that the referendum is not as widespread as the elections when compared to them. The university students making up the sample of the study are the future of the society, they are the decision makers and practitioners in the economic and social life. Therefore, this and similar behavior of university students should be further investigated. The referendums, an important element of the democratic system, are an important element that allows individuals to participate directly in politics. The number of scientific studies on the perception of referendum among university students is quite low. The aim of this study is to examine the perception of the Bulent Ecevit University (BEU) students' referendum on April 16, 2017 and to reveal the relationship between this perception and the demographic variables. In this respect, firstly theoretical root and historical development of the referendum, then referendum forms and referendums held in Turkey were (1961, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2010, 2017 discussed. In the last part, a questionnaire was carried out in BEÜ with the participation of 386 students in order to reveal the perception of the university students' referendum on 16 April 2017. The average score of approval points for the basic items in the constitutional amendment of the students participating in the survey was determined as 3 out of 1,568. Those who define themselves as Islamist (39.7%) and nationalist-conservative (32.8%) in the political spectrum are most likely to say yes; those who define themselves as secular (33.8%) and nationalist (27.4%) have the most votes no. According to the results of the survey, the place where the family lives is the "Village"; Students of the Faculty of Theology; those who thinks the most important factor on voting is ideology; those who participates in politics at high level and those who define themselves as "Islamists" in the political spectrum had the highest approval scores for the basic items in the constitutional amendment. While another finding in the survey was that those who voted for yes had approval scores (2,371) for key items in the constitutional amendment; “no”voters have approval scores (0.958) for the main items in the constitutional amendment.
Authors and Affiliations
Hüseyin ÇAVUŞOĞLU
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP254973
- DOI 10.17719/jisr.2017.1650
- Views 103
- Downloads 0
REREADING JOSEPH HELLER’S CATCH-22 FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY AND CAMUS’ ABSURDISM
Published in 1961, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 came into prominence among important American novels of the twentieth century. It coined a new expression that connotes the illogical, inconsistent and irrational situations. I...
THE CHANGE OF THE STRUCTURE AND EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF POPULATION IN RIVER ÇAYBAĞI (KOTUR) BASIN (Saray/VAN THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRED IN LAST 25 YEARS (1990-2015)
In this study, the change of the human sex ratio, age structure, dependency rate and education status of the population in Çaybağı (Kotur) basin are analyzed that has been occurred in last 25 years. Çaybağı basin is loca...
“Written In Verse An Epic Work (Epic Of Veysel Karani, Death Of Hz. Fatıma, Death Of Hz. İbrahim, Epic Of Guvercin, Epic Of Geyik)
Turkish poets had been written very much works for education of public in the period of religious-Islamic mysticism literature’s construction. In the our paper, we are going to talking about this kind an epic work and we...
THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DESTINATION COMPETITIVENESS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS IN FETHIYE AND MARMARIS
The aim of this research is to reveal the competitive factors of Fethiye and Marmaris in Muğla, to compare the competitive advantages of Fethiye and Marmaris and to determine whether these advantages differ by demographi...
THE EFFECTS OF GENDER SENSITIVITY GROUP GUIDANCE PROGRAMS ON COUNSELOR CANDIDATES’ GENDER ROLES ATTITUDE
Gender roles; are the subject of research in many fields as health service, economics, politics and education. These studies reveal the disparities and inequalities of representation of the two genders in the social sphe...