Kadro movement and its political practice in the context of early republican era

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2016

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Derin, Ozan Ekin

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This thesis aimes to analyze political practice of the Kadro Movement in the context of the early rebuplican era in Turkey. Examining the problematic relationship of Kadro Movement with the fractions of Turkish bourgeoisie and land owners, this study tries to show how the Kadro group was struggled to realize their etatist project through strategical articulations and confrontations. It focuses on Kadro Movement’s political position and argumentation aganist class structure and its eventual development during the ealy rebuclican era in Turkey.

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Middle class, Social classes

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12620491/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/26031

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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O. E. Derin, “Kadro movement and its political practice in the context of early republican era,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2016.