Turkey's long-term pursuit of neoliberal policies has led to a deep governance crisis in the country,with economic stagnation and the gap between the rich and the poor directly threatening political stability.Against this backdrop,the Turkish government has turned to populism to get out of trouble.First,it has created an"us versus them"dichotomy to strengthen autocracy.Second,it has distributed welfare benefits to the underclass to win their hearts.Third,it has shifted its ideology to traditional religions to please the majority.Fourth,it has pursued an active expansionary policy abroad as a way to divert domestic conflicts.These policies have seemed to mitigate the governance crisis,but in the medium and long term,populist policies cannot solve the existing governance crisis.Firstly,political coercion makes it difficult to correct wrong policies.Secondly,the policy of benefiting the people has failed to fundamentally alleviate the disparity between the rich and the poor.Thirdly,the return to religion encourages neoliberalism.Fourthly,external expansion leads to national overdraft.The biggest problem with populism is that it"speaks louder than it acts",as it is unable or unwilling to touch the fundamental problems that hinder people's well-being,and the solutions it provides are effective in the short term,but cannot achieve sustainable development in the long run,thus plunging the country into deeper predicament instead.
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