SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
From 14 October 1979 to 11 July 1980, a very particular experience of directdemocracy was experienced in Fatsa, a small Black Sea town in Turkey. Anindependent candidate, Fikri Sonmez, obtained a very comfortable majoritysurpassing political parties in local...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Social Sciences Research Society
2011-07-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies |
| Online Access: | http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/2011_2/yeseren_elicin.pdf |
| Summary: | From 14 October 1979 to 11 July 1980, a very particular experience of directdemocracy was experienced in Fatsa, a small Black Sea town in Turkey. Anindependent candidate, Fikri Sonmez, obtained a very comfortable majoritysurpassing political parties in local elections. From then on, neighborhoodcommittees were created and considerable public work was realized collectively.The experience was ended by a military operation held in 11 July 1980. Thispaper tries to examine Fatsa experience with the help of social capital andleadership concepts, aiming to explore and understand the conditions, whichfavored voluntary public involvement in local political life in Fatsa. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-8063 1309-8063 |