1. Introduction -- 2. The Turkish military in politics -- 3. Between Kemalism and third word developmentalism: Dog̈an Avcioğlu -- 4. Revolution through the narrow door -- 5. The workers' party of Turkey: the long road to socialism -- 6. The national democratic revolutionaries and their attitudes towards the army -- 7. The voice of the TKP from abroad -- The Kivilcimli movement in search of the Turkish past for a revolutionary warrior culture -- 9. Conclusion
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index
