Critique of studies of the Kadro (Cadre) movement

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1998

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Türkeş, Mustafa

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The study attempts to review major existing studies of the Kadro movement under three major issues. The first is the demagogic charge that Kadro was a communist propaganda tool, and the counter charge that it betrayed the socialist movement in Turkey. The second is the broader question of Kadro's ideological roots, character and role. The third is Kadro's place in development literature. The studies reviewed in this article are illuminating in many respects. The variety of approaches, however, makes it impossible to identify a common pattern of discussion. At the same time, it is possible to identify certain characteristic weaknesses in the existing literature, one of which is the lack of proper references to the Kadro journal itself. Another common weakness of many studies is their hasty identification of Kadro with the Galiyevist, Kemalist, fascist and communist views. The study concludes that most of the existing studies on the Kadro movement provide no clear or comprehensive picture of the ideology and economic development strategy of the Kadro movement, thus, suggesting that there is a strong need to work out the ideology and development strategy of the Kadro movement.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110081

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