Emperyalizm Karşıtlığı ve Kemalizm: Tek- Parti Döneminde “Europacentrisme’in Tasfiyesi” ve “İktibascı İnkılâb” Tartışmaları

Tek-parti döneminin düşünce tarihi, dönemin fikir ayrılıklarını ele alırken, genel olarak iktisat

Anti-Imperialism and Kemalism: Discussions on “Liquidation of Europacentrisme” and Adaptive Reformism in the Single Party Era

The intellectual history of the single-party era has been mostly studied by focusing on debatesover economic policies. This article focuses on an under-studied debate. By analyzing Celâl Nuri’sTurkish Revolution (1926) and Şevket Süreyya’s Kadro articles, it discusses different imaginationsof modernity conceived by different Kemalist intellectuals. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s,Kemalist intellectuals encountered a series of theoretical questions. The basic question was aboutthe basis of modernization project in a non-Western society. By revisiting Celâl Nuri, who wasin favor of an unconditional and comprehensive Westernization and Şevket Süreyya, who wasin favor of an authentic modernization project, this article analyzes this intra-Kemalist debate.

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