THE SEARCH FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: DOĞAN AVCIOĞLU AND HIS STANCE ON THE SUBJECT OF HISTORY FROM THE 1960S TO 1980

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2023-10

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Çınar, Veli Can

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This thesis tries to analyse the political stance of Doğan Avcıoğlu (1926-1983) as one of the most controversial political figures of the left in Turkey. The fundamental purpose of this thesis is to examine Avcıoğlu and his political ideas in a reciprocal relationship during the most turbulent period of the socialist movement in Turkey. In the beginning, besides the ideas of Avcıoğlu, a framework of the political sphere of the 1960s tried to be formed. In the second step, the most significant components of Avcıoğlu’s ideas were chosen to be emphasized. In later parts, while discussing the idea of the immaturity of the working class, a material connection aimed to be formed with this idea shared by him to resolve Avcıoğlu’s political stance as an intellectual in the 1960s. As the keystone of this thesis, it was claimed that, in immature and insufficient conditions, building a successfully connected intellectual-class relationship is nearly impossible. On the other hand, expecting this action only from the intellectuals might be accepted as another problematic point. For the subject of this thesis, Avcıoğlu was an instance of that circumstance. However, he and the movements he was involved in could not overcome this depression.

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Doğan Avcıoğlu, Yön, socialism, intellectual, working class

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105458

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis