Turkey in Turmoil

The essays in this book are the first scholarly attempt to examine the complex interrelation of social change and political radicalization during the 1960s. In analyzing topics ranging from the 1968 student uprising, working class politics and trade unionism, Anti-Americanism, right-wing and left-wing militant action, communitarian violence, state coercion, and the artistic representation of these phenomena the contributors offer insights to help to answer why the experiences of this decade turned so radical with lasting polarizing effects on contemporary Turkish society today.
Even though issues surrounding the topic are at the very center of intellectual and political debates in today´s Turkey, such as the collective remembrance of the Turkish 68ers and of the anti-communist state persecution and prosecution after the military intervention in 1980, a cohesive analysis of this era is still strikingly absent in scholarly works. Thus, Turkey in Turmoil is unique in many regards. As important as the presented diversity in research perspectives, the volume will also showcase multiple and, at some point, contesting and even provocative perspectives on the subject at hand.

Auteur

Berna Pekesen , University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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Turkey in Turmoil is about the roaring 1960s social conflicts, popular protest, political radicalization, ideologies, students movements, the Turkish 68ers, women, political violence, guerilla activities, and popular culture. Historians, economists, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, Turkish studies, and political scientists have contributed to its interdisciplinary approach. Turkey in Turmoil analyzes a history that has not yet passed.