An emergent form of reactive nationalism in Turkey : Türksolu

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Erşahin, Direnç

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The aim of this study is to position TürkSolu (TurkishLeft), a weekly newspaper, and its accompanying organizations in Turkey’s contemporary socio-political environment. TürkSolu, which defines itself as secular/leftist nationalist, will be investigated as a form of reactive nationalism that becomes viable in 2000s. By this means, it will be argued that TürkSolu’s secular/leftist nationalism is a form of extensively ‘exclusive’ – ethnicist – interpretation of nationalism.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19582

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D. Erşahin, “An emergent form of reactive nationalism in Turkey : Türksolu,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.