An Instance Of Party State Regime; Recep Peker And The Offıce Of Secretary General Of Republican People's Party

In the first years of Republic of Turkey, there was a significant political office and person that bureaucratic and patriarchal structure became integrated. The office was secretary general and the person was Recep Peker. Recep Peker served as secretary general of Republican Peoples Party between the years 1931-1936. He was the Kütahya parliamentarian at the same time. In the history of Republic of Turkey no one has been competent as a secretary general as Recep Peker. We cannot explain this situation as a characteristic of one-party period. Because no one before and after him has been active and competent. Because of this reason Recep Peker was shown as the third person after Mustafa Kemal and İsmet İnönü in these years. Peker, who had the thought “Republic of Turkey is a party state, carried out his duty with the understanding that as a ministry and even more superior than ministry. In time society has started to see this office as a cure-all. We can see this situation in the citizen letters. We confirmed that every request and every letter to the secretary general was examined meticulously and mostly it was returned to whom it may concern. In the aforesaid writings there were complaints, slander and delation to the administration besides the requests of assignment, advancement and financial aid. We see that all of these were examined meticulously and they get information from other sources and took action for the case. The significant point that should not be overlooked is, in the requested matters law and justice was never ignored. To trust in law, fair administration and justice features i

Keywords

Turkey, CHF, Power, Recep Peker, One Party, General Secretary.