Abstract
EDUCATIONAL ISSUE IN THE ELECTION DECLARATIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES
The aim of the research is to put forth the political parties’ policies comparatively in the field of education when they have the political power. The universe of the study is the political parties which entered the 25th Period General Parliamentary Election on 7th June 2015 and the sample is constituted by Justice and Development Party (AKP), Republican People’s Party (CHP), Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and People’s Democratic Party (HDP) that are represented in Turkish Grand National Assembly with this election result. In this research document review technique among qualitative research methods has been used. The written materials fixed as the documents of the study are the election declarations taken from the official web sites of the political parties. For the analysis of the data, descriptive analyzing technique has been made use of. According to the research results, in the projects and promises of the political parties in terms of education, it’s seen to take shape according to their ideological approach and identities which form their view of world. It’s seen that the parties mention too less for the origin of the educational problems and that instead of concrete projects they make some general evaluation and promises. The similarities and differences in educational philosophy of political parties reflect the points where they sociate or dissociate ideologically.
Keywords
Political Parties, Election Declarations, Education.
