İdris Küçükömer within debates on social structure analysis

The subject of this study is İdris Küçükömer's social structure analysis and the place of this analysis in history of Turkish thought. İdris Küçükömer's comprehension of society and the changes which have occurred in his comprehension of society with time have been examined in relation to the political and intellectual features of the period. In this way,first, the concept of social structure has been defined, and then the discussions on the concept have been mentioned. Later, the political and intellectual environment in 1960's when İdris Küçükömer wrote his first writings have been evaluated together with Küçükömer's writings. In debates on Ottoman social structure again in the same term, the analysis of Asiatic mode of production and feudal mode of production have been examined respectively, and the place of İdris Küçükömer's ideas within these debates has been determined. In the final part, the concept of civil society which came to the fore in 1980's in the debates on structure of Turkish society and İdris küçükömer's understanding of civil society have been examined.İdris Küçükömer's comprehension of social structure has got the social and economic origins. Although İdris Küçükömer dealt with the economic issues in his many writings, he focused on correlating between economic and social issues. İdris Küçükömer's social structure analysis was nurtured by Asiatic mode of production and civil society. Especially in the last writings Küçükömer explained the difference between the Eastern and Western societies considering the concept of civil society as the center.