Communism and Turks

Communism as an internationalist doctrinal ideology had never been existed in the politics in Turkey after 1960's, and those who may be taken into account for representing this politics were those who had been educated in Russia before 1917 like Süreyya Aydemir, Yusuf Akçura, İsmail Hakkı Tonguç (or even Ismail Gaspıralı) especially in the German gymnasiums in Russia were the main influence, and this politics could be summed up as briefly proposing a planned economy within centralist politics and equal distribution of goods as much as possible to finance State and democratic bodies which ought serve for the welfare of "the people'. Which is state dominated economy but neither a communism nor something like British conservatism. 

Soviets were much adapted to the Europe in its foreign policy towards Turkey especially after 1945 and still which of the leftist politics in Turkey were backed by the Soviets is still unknown but communism as it is perceived in Turkey as a style for opposition often seen anyway.

It is also often been a discussion the foreign establishments (German, British, Italian etc.) maintaining the resources in Russia among the memoirs of the 19th century Russian writers and which caused also the ruthless industrialization policy of the I. Peter which made it possible to transform Russia into the communist regime, along with the industry and the working class.

Kemalism was no different policy finding themselves under the ruins of an Empire without an industry or the working class and limited financial wealth, goods: a military tradition was left in the hand (which may have prevented Turkey to take fascism as a developmental style because Fascism is to consolidate a militarist democracy where there is lack of "discipline in commitment", usually by the politics. A concern to imply the ethnic heritage as a national identity was apparent in Turkey, and it has also prevented the Turkish society to transform the way of governance through a democracy notably failing of establishing a protection for the human rights backing the sanity of democratic pursuit.)

"(We are working for the) Peace at home, Peace at the world", oftenly remarked quotation belonging to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was said before the 1932 elections in Turkey when the Anglo-German rivalry was again becoming more apparent while the rise of fascism in Germany and the upcoming of a second world war was obvious.

1960's constitution was an important change in the constitutional and democratic history of Turkey as being observed more than %1000 augmentation in labour strikes after this constitution which was going to be criticised by the right-wing politicians for being 'too bold' for Turkey as a constitution for its rights granting to the working-class, yet this constitution was to be followed by a military coup in 1980.

Turks as a community and their relation to the religion is not and has never been like those of the Eastern people and that was may be why the military was the sole organization to maintain a development in the pursuit of being a society. 

Those who observe and study the communist regimes knows one thing well that the religion and its aftermaths in those societies was remarkably important within and after their transformation to the communism. (Communism and its traits not only in relation with economy can also be traced in many different fragments of history along with different tribes, communities, societies, cultures and civilizations)

Turkey as a secular country tried to emerge its renaissance and catch up with the European countries after 1923 and religion seen as unnecessary, which led the religion to acquire a place as an identity in the democracy but consolidating those who were supposing themselves to be repressed.

It is quite interesting to see when we look at the Soviets and the Western alliances: we see the separation of East and the West yet cultural components of the Soviet regime is also another issue must be discussed apart from the political ideologies.

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The partition of the India in 1947 shouldn't be forgotten as well.