IDEAL DEMOCRACY

   Democratic regimes have become one of the most applied government models in the world. Despite its prevalence, democracy is a term on which authorities cannot find a middle ground. Likewise, the mode of application of democracy differs from country to country. However, there are a bunch of characteristics  which help form an ideal democracy.   

    The first quality of an ideal democracy is the right to vote. To put it another way, each citizen must have an equal opportunity to vote. There must not be discrimination in voting according to gender, race or religion and every citizen must be able to participate in government through voting. At the start of the democratic  regime in Turkey, for example, women did not have the right to vote. Similarly, in that period, many other countries were not giving women the right to vote. Thus, it was hard to speak of democracy there.
   Secondly, the whole decision making process has to depend on laws. As all citizens must obey the laws, the government and other authorities who have legislative power must act  within the framework of laws as well. In ideal democracies, laws are  superior to every other thing and everyone has responsibility for them. At the same time, laws are made by the government, implicitly by the nation and they are altered when it seems required.
   Another typical quality of democracy covers its main structure: all kinds of ideas must be represented, yet decisions must be made in terms of the majority's inclination. In today's world, democracy is provided with councils in many countries and they must consist of every perspective of the nation. In some countries like Turkey, however, because of the election threshold, a lot of minorities' ideas cannot be represented in the council and this prevents the application of ideal democracy.
   In conclusion, there is an animated debate over what democracy is exactly. However, the main qualities of democracy are obvious: voting equality, laws and representation of the whole society. By applying these main points, it is possible to construct an ideal democracy.