Evaluation of the political psychological reflections of the COVID-19 process in the context of Turkey (eng)

Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic, with its rapid contagion and deadly effect, emerged in China and surrounded the whole world. This epidemic, unlike other epidemics has emerged in the global age. Due to the disappearance of borders as a result of globalization, both the physiological and psychological spread of the virus has been rapid. The transmission of the Covid-19 virus through contact and droplets has provided its physiological spread, while digital media channels have provided its psychological spread. The negativities experienced in health, economy, politics and cultural structures have shaken the societies in the context of political-psychology. Anxiety and fear caused by the pandemic have negatively affected the psychology of individuals and therefore the whole society. In this study, the effects of the Covid-19 process on Turkey and how Turkey responded to the epidemic were tried to be evaluated in the context of political psychology. By examining the researches published in the process, the improvements made in the field of health against the epidemic, the regulations covering the whole society and the measures to overcome the process with the least damage were mentioned. It has been concluded that, as a result of the negative factors that directly affect mental health such as compulsory social isolation, losses, death anxiety brought by the pandemic, as well as processes such as unemployment and bankruptcy caused by inadequate socio-economic policies, a pandemic of mental disorders may occur in future.

Keywords

• covid-19
• politics
• psychology