DOES TREASURY AID SUPPORT POLYPHONY IN THE FINANCING PROCESS OF POLITICS?

Abstract

In order to keep the democratic political system as a proper way, it is inevitable that the actors of the system, political parties, the government and the Parliament, should gain the credibility and the trust of the people. In this context, transparency of political parties’ financial resources and election expenditures should be registered for both parties. On the other hand candidates’, election financing should be linked to a Democratic, objective system of supervision and oversight. In this study, the subject of "Financing Politics", which is often ignored in the political communication processes, is examined in the context of treasury aid, and the contributions of treasury aid to the polyphony and democratic process are examined. In the study in which the literature review method is used, alternative approaches that are considered to contribute positively to existing regulations are presented.