The Emergence of Social Democracy in Turkey: The Left and the Transformation of the Republican People's Party Contributor(s): Emre, Yunus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780764391 ISBN-13: 9781780764399 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
Dewey: 321.8 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.25 lbs) 344 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Republican People's Party (RPP), also know as the CHP (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), stands as the main opposition party - one of two major political currents, second only to the Erdooan's AK Party. Established as the founding party of Ataturk's republican regime, the RPP has a history of hostility of leftist parties. Despite this, by the mid-1960s, the RPP had re-orientated itself as left of centre, as the growing influence of the left inside the RPP pushed it in a new direction. This is hailed as the entry point of social democratic politics into Turkey, and is the focus of Yunus Emre's impressively researched book. Through extensive primary research, Emre tracks the fluctuations in Turkish politics from the single-party period to the making of a new regime following the 1960 coup, looking at the place of both the RPP and the left in this trajectory. The RPP's internal struggles in this period, in particular around the working class movement and the legal right to strike, debates over anti-imperialism and land reform, and the role of the military in politics provide the political context into which a new social democratic agenda emerged. |