This is the second part of our interview with Foti Benlisoy on the history of the Turkish Left from its late-Ottoman beginnings to the present day. As Benlisoy explained in Part I, the era between
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A Brief History of the Turkish Left, Part I: from the Origins to the 1980 Coup
22/05/2018We have interviewed prolific Turkish leftist commentator Foti Benlisoy on the history of the Turkish left, from its Ottoman beginnings on to the present day. In what follows, Benlisoy provides a
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The women’s movement in Turkey
01/03/2018Arielle Concilio of Left Voice spoke with Ecehan Balta of the socialist collective Başlangıç Kolektifi to discuss women’s struggles in Turkey and the importance of building an international
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Ecological crisis and capitalist accumulation in contemporary Turkey
28/02/2018Zafer Ülger is a member of the Başlangıç socialist collective in Turkey. He has participated in the student movement (1995-1997) in Turkey, and was a part of the anti-war movement after September
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Stop the war on Afrin
28/02/2018As had been expected for weeks, the Turkish Armed Forces -supported by Free Syrian Army groups- have started an air and land offensive on the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin in Northern Syria,
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Shifting relations between Turkey and the U.S. and the Turkish left
04/01/2018Left Voice recently spoke with Foti Benlisoy of Başlangıç Dergisi, a socialist organization in Turkey, to discuss the political context and changing dynamics between Turkey and the U.S. in the
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Turkey’s referendum and its aftermath
10/04/2017Only a few days are left before Turkey’s April 16th constitutional referendum on the transition to an authoritarian presidential system. Those who thought that the referendum would be a piece of
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Turkey’s fragile Bonapartism
06/01/2017Turkey may hold a referendum on the transition to an authoritarian presidential system as soon as late March; however, Erdoğan’s Bonapartist shift does not herald stability for the ruling class,
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Fear may be contagious; but so is courage!
04/11/2016The latest police operation against the co-chairs and MPs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which had polled 13.1% at the June 2015 general elections, and then 10.8% at the November 2015
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Turkey’s Jarablus operation: Before and after
25/08/2016The Turkish Armed Forces’ operation to Jarablus, carried out with its allies within the Free Syrian Army, represents a shift from Turkey’s indirect to direct involvement in the Syrian civil
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