Rethinking the Turkish socialist left’s perceptions of the US and USSR after the Second World War: an analysis of leftist publications

IF 0.5 3区社会学 Q3 AREA STUDIES

Middle Eastern Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI:10.1080/00263206.2022.2139685

Can Berk

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Abstract This article challenges conventional opinions that assume ever-presence of anti-Americanism among Turkish socialist leftist groups and that sees the Marxist account of the international as must-be theoretical tool of socialist leftists by investigating how they perceived the US and Soviet Russia during the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, as well as how they evaluated the pre-Second World War world order and changes in global politics after the war. It finds that leftists considered the existing inter-imperialist rivalry-driven international structure to be the main cause of world wars but expected that the US would replace it with a cooperation-based structure that would lead to lasting peace. They characterized the US as a peacemaker, as an anchor for democratization in Turkey, and saw the USSR as being pro-peace and viewed with suspicion Soviet demands for land from Turkey. Lastly, the article explores socialist leftists’ eclectic theoretical framework, which was a combination of imperialism theory, realism, and liberalism, as a window onto their views of international relations.

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反思第二次世界大战后土耳其社会主义左派对美国和苏联的看法：对左派出版物的分析

摘要本文通过调查土耳其社会主义左派团体在第二次世界大战结束后如何看待美国和苏维埃俄国，以及他们如何评价第二次世界大战前的世界秩序和战后全球政治的变化，对那些认为土耳其社会主义左派团体中一直存在反美主义，并将马克思主义关于国际的论述视为社会主义左派必备理论工具的传统观点提出了质疑。研究发现，左翼人士认为现有的帝国主义间竞争驱动的国际结构是世界大战的主要原因，但他们期望美国会用一种以合作为基础的结构取而代之，从而实现持久和平。他们认为美国是和平缔造者，是土耳其民主化的支柱，认为苏联支持和平，并对苏联向土耳其索要土地持怀疑态度。最后，文章探讨了社会主义左派兼收并蓄的理论框架，该框架融合了帝国主义理论、现实主义和自由主义，是了解他们对国际关系看法的窗口。

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期刊介绍： Since its launch in 1964 Middle Eastern Studies has become required reading for all those with a serious concern in understanding the modern Middle East. Middle Eastern Studies provides the most up-to-date academic research on the history and politics of the Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as on Turkey, Iran and Israel, particularly during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.