Comparison of 1968 Movements in Western Europe and Turkey

1968 is a social and political explosion in the modern World. Even though the intensity of this explosion is not the same, it was observed in many counties. At first America and later Europe, is regarded as the cradle of 1968. Western Europe's 1968 consist of various ideological sources. Among these, Vietnam War, Chinese Cultural Revolution, welded rural and urban guerilla Latin America, American Civil Citizenship Initiative and the Movement against Racism, and Anti-Authoritarian ideologies to come forward. Also, France's 1968 has a distinctive place in Western Europe's 1968. France is the heart of 1968 movement. Although, Turkey's 1968 is influenced by the ideological sources of Western Europe's 1968, the country's distinctive characteristics comes into prominence. With this aspect, among the ideological sources of Turkey's 1968, Turkey reflected fraction of traditional left (MDD, TİP), media organs that broadcast parallel to the official ideology (Yön-Devrim Grubu), and ?third-worldism? take place.