The Army and the Radical Left in Turkey: Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism
Ozgur Mutlu Ulus
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, Özgür 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.
年:
2011
出版社:
Tauris Academic Studies
语言:
english
页:
278
ISBN 10:
1848854846
ISBN 13:
9781848854840
系列:
Library of Modern Middle East Studies
文件:
PDF, 1.34 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011