The Army and the Radical Left in Turkey: Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism

by Özgür Mutlu Ulus

Overview

In 1960s Turkey, the armed forces and the radical leftist movement provided two very dynamic, but very different, political forces. However, somewhat surprisingly, the majority of radical leftists believed in the revolutionary potential of the armed forces in overthrowing the current regime and replacing it with a quasi-socialist one. This book considers the changing perspectives of the radical leftist movement towards the political role of the military in Turkey. Using a textual analysis of different leftist groups, including the Communist Party of Turkey, Ozgur Mutlu Ulus describes the development of the leftist movement in Turkey after the 1960 coup and explains why most leftists chose to encourage a military revolution, which they hoped would bring about the triumph of socialism in Turkey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857738677
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/08/2010
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ozgur Mutlu Ulus holds a PhD in Turkish Studies from University of Leiden.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Turkish Military in Politics: A Short Survey
Chapter 3: Between Kemalism and Third World Developmentalism: Dogan Avcioglu and Yön
Chapter 4: Revolution through the Narrow Door
Chapter 5: The Workers' Party of Turkey: The Long Road to Socialism
Chapter 6: The National Democratic Revolutionaries and their Attitudes towards the Army
Chapter 7: The Voice of TKP from Abroad
Chapter 8: The Kivilcimli Movement
Chapter 9: Conclusion