The Impact of Urbanization on Political Outcomes in Turkey

The main purpose of the project was to identify the urbanization–related determinants (at the province and district levels) of two key political outcomes, namely the election turnout rate—which is meant to proxy for the general level of political participation of the urban population— and the electoral success of the currently-ruling Justice and Development Party. It also aims to produce empirical findings that provide foresight on future political outcomes under various assumptions regarding education levels, birth rates and migration patterns.