Etnik ve ulusal sorun bağlamında Türkiye solu'nun Kürt meselesi'ne bakışı: TİP örneği

In this thesis, the approach of the Turkish Left in general, and the Turkish Labour Party, in particular, towards the Kurdish Question that was begun to be expressed in political and intellectual spheres in 1960s will be examined. One characteristic of the Turkish Labor Party is its approach to the Kurdish Question. While some partial organizations could be seen among the other leftist movements of that period, Kurdish politicians and intellectuals attributed a special importance to the Turkish Labour Party and a strong alliance between the Party and the Kurdish movement was established. This thesis aims to examine the nature of this alliance by taking its historical, political, conjunctural and sociological aspects into account. In the first part, ethnic and national question debates in the international literature on the Left from Marx and Engels to Laclau and Mouffe will be examined. In the second part, the approach of the Turkish Left towards the Kurdish issue before the 1960s will be investigated with more historical dimensions. In the third part, the approach of the Turkish Labour Party to the Kurdish Question and the relations between the Kurdish movement and the Party will be analyzed. At the end of this thesis, it will be argued that in Turkish Left, as it also frequently encountered in international literature on the Left, ethnic issues were dealt by a perspective within the context of the development of specific events and driven by instrumental motives, rather than providing a theoretical integrity. Key Words: Turkish Left, Turkish Labour Party, Kurdish Question