A general view of politic system classifications in comparative political science of ancient greek era

The popularity of Comparative Political Science, as a sub-discipline of the Political Science, is on a continuous increase today. This discipline receives many attentions as it provides detailed knowledge on politic systems of various countries. The historical background of such an area, which is drawing more and more interest in our day, is traced back to very old eras. The first political system classification made in the Comparative Political Science appeared in the Ancient Greek era. For this reason, the objective of this paper is to analyze, within frameworks of certain philosophers, the political system classifications in the era of Ancient Greece, which was included in the western political thinking. Firstly the basic concepts of Comparative Political Science and political system are touched upon, and then political system classifications are analyzed with examples of Herodotus, Plato and Aristotle.