03553nam 2200697Ia 450 991045460860332120200520144314.01-134-02559-91-281-97725-X97866119772520-203-88474-4(CKB)1000000000702513(EBL)380838(OCoLC)437241571(SSID)ssj0000187057(PQKBManifestationID)11167873(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187057(PQKBWorkID)10252970(PQKB)11424048(MiAaPQ)EBC380838(Au-PeEL)EBL380838(CaPaEBR)ebr10277455(CaONFJC)MIL197725(EXLCZ)99100000000070251320080619d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKemalism in Turkish politics[electronic resource] the Republican People's Party, secularism and nationalism /Sinan CiddiLondon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (209 p.)Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-415-61281-0 0-415-47504-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-193) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on spellings; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Social democracy, Kemalism and the Republican People's Party; Part I The formative aspects of Turkish social democracy; 1 Kemalism and the left; 2 Mainstream left politics: 'Democratic left' ideology and the CHP; 3 Appraising centre-left politics 1961-1980; 4 The 12 September coup d'état and its aftermath: The displacement of centre left politics?; Part II The electoral weakness of leftism after the post-Cold War period5 Accounting for the weakness of the centre-left in the 1990s: Ideological considerations6 A crisis of Kemalist modernity?; 7 Three cases: The Alevis, trade unions and the urban vote; 8 Revisionism: An anathema for the Turkish centre-left and the principle of 'ideological adaptability'; Conclusion: The CHP: the continued projection of centrist politics?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book is concerned with Turkey's political evolution, the role of Kemalism, and why a social democratic alternative has never fully developed. Concentrating on the electoral weaknesses of the Turkish centre-left, represented by the Republican People's Party (CHP), Sinan Ciddi examines the roles of nationalism and the political establishment and the role of Kemalist ideology.Established by Kemal Ataturk, the CHP is seen to be the founding party of modern Turkey. Kemalism sought to create a secular and democratic society based on the principles of republicanism, populism, seRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;łv10.KemalismSecularismTurkeyNationalismTurkeyTurkeyPolitics and government1918-1960Electronic books.Kemalism.SecularismNationalism320.509561324.2561/072324.2561072Ciddi Sinan1046796MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454608603321Kemalism in Turkish politics2473991UNINA