Oğul Tuna
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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Also, this was a period of rapid social transformation in Turkey.
Turkish capitalists, an emerging class, an emerging Turkish bourgeoisie wanted Western capital, wanted to be supported, wanted to be part of this larger global economic construction.
And they started to cooperate in many fields.
Turkey led NATO and the United States to have many military bases, searched for military aid, any forms of financial aid.
And we are seeing that three different figures or three different actors
contributed to the rising anti-communism in Turkey in 50s, 60s and 70s that were Turkish army in cooperation with their NATO allies, NATO colleagues and then Turkish capitalists
who didn't want an organized left, who hated trade unionism that was flourishing during that period.
Also, we are talking about a period in which student organizations and student movements were, let's say, throwing industries into turmoil, as in France and United States.
Finally, those national conservative religious conservative elites.
Yes.
Erdogan?
was a young Islamist militant at that time.
He was in 60s and then 70s.
He was mostly a poet and an admirer of Islamist poets of that time.
He liked playing football, but he went into politics later in his life.
However, the president, the previous president, who were a very close ally and a friend of Erdoğan, which then turned to a competitor, a rival, an enemy, the 11th president of Turkey.
Then, before him, the 8th president of Turkey were part of student organizations, youth movements, that were officially labeled as anti-communist league in Turkey.
We also had the previous Defense Minister of Turkey,
previous Speaker of the Parliament.
They were and many other people coming from the circles of Turkish capital, politics and even in military.
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