Nationalism, Democracy and the Left in Turkey

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorBelge, Murat
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:55:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:55:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe Turkish left, in both its 'Social- democrat' and 'Communist' manifestations, grew up in the garden of Turkish nationalism. And although in Turkey these two branches have quite different origins (unlike in many countries in Europe), the common point between them is their closeness to nationalism. In the last few years the nationalism of both social democrats and socialists has intensified, leading to a peculiar - in terms of leftist movements in most European societies - alliance between the Turkish left and the Turkish State and military. In this paper I trace the historical development of leftist politics in Turkey since the 1950s, noting both certain changes in ideology and political practice but even more strikingly much enduring continuity. The result in the present is a deep crisis of democracy in Turkey, partially produced by the Turkish left. Indeed, irrespective of European prejudices regarding Turkey's entrance into the EU, the open or secret opposition of the majority of leftist parties and groups to European integration is a key factor as to whether Turkey itself will genuinely continue its application. Why does the Turkish left resist the push by other social actors to join the EU? The answer is the close identification between the left and the institutions and ideology of Kemalism in Turkey, which has never been a liberal political practice.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07256860802579394
dc.identifier.endpage20en_US
dc.identifier.issn0725-6868
dc.identifier.issn1469-9540
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07256860802579394
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8777
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000210512900002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Intercultural Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAnti-İmperialismen_US
dc.subjectDemocratic Revolutionen_US
dc.subjectKemalismen_US
dc.subjectMilitary Coupen_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.titleNationalism, Democracy and the Left in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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