ATA 585 SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN TURKEY

1968 IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Dr. M. Asım Karaömerlioğlu Atatürk Enstitüsü #16

Fall 2017 Phone: 359 6646
ATA Seminar Room Email: mkaraome@boun.edu.tr
Wednesday 234

The concept of generation, though highly disregarded by social scientists, play a crucial role in understanding
social movements. This course intends to take a look at the concept of generation within the historical context of
the 1960s. Rather than simply sticking to high politics, attention will be devoted to social and psychological
dimensions of these generations. This course aims to clarify the concept of “generations” for historical studies
and the historical context of the 1960s.

The course will consist of short lectures and in-class participation of students. Therefore, student participation is
essential and important. There is no exam in this course!

The grade will be based on

a) Participation/presentation 25% b) Term paper 50%

c) final exam from selected readings 25 %

Term paper announcement will be made later on.

WEEKLY READINGS

Week I Introduction to the Course Sept. 20

Week II The Theory of Generations Sept.

27

Karl Mannheim, “The Problem of Generations,” Periodicals Archive Online, 1927/28: 378-404.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tzn02qmmfhh9svz/karl%20mannheim.pdf?dl=0

Jose Ortega y Gasset, The Modern Theme, 1951, 11-18.

https://ia700405.us.archive.org/0/items/modernthemeorte/modernthemeorte.pdf

Hans Jaeger, “Generations in History: Reflections on a Controversial Concept,” History and Theory, 1985: 273-
292.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zs5m14l96yr2ain/jaeger%20Generations%20in%20History%20Reflections%20on
%20a%20Controversial%20Concept.pdf?dl=0

Jane Pilcher, "Mannheim's Sociology of Generations: An Undervalued Legacy," in: British Journal of Sociology
45:3 (Sept. 1994), pp. 481-495.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1fphm37hy8ae2p/94PilcherMannheimSocGenBJS.pdf?dl=0

June Edmunds and Bryan S. Turner, “Global Generations: Social Change in the 20th Century,” The British
Journal of Sociology 2005 Volume 56 Issue 4: 559-577.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/no08udvb6638dxy/Edmunds_et_al-2005-The_British_Journal_of_Sociology.pdf?
dl=0

Week III The 60s: The Historical Context Oct. 4

Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes (New York: Pantheon, 1994): 225-400; 433-460 (chp 8-13, chp 15).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjw2ddlp255aak9/E.J.%20Hobsbawm%20Age%20of%20Extremes.djvu?dl=0
(djvu) or
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvlsfdsiqv00i5r/Eric%20J.%20Hobsbawm%20Age%20of%20Extremes.pdf?dl=0
(pdf)

Feroz Ahmad, The Turkish Experiment in Democracy, 1950-1975 (Westview, Boulder, 1977): 147-384.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4q1vghjws26wqxr/Feroz%20Ahmad%20The%20Turkish%20experiment%20in
%20democracy%2C%201950-1975.pdf?dl=0

Week IV The 1968 in World History I Oct. 11

Carole Fink, Philipp Gassert and Detlef Junker, “Introduction,” in 1968 – The World Transformed, Carole Fink
et. al (ed).. (Cambridge University Press, 1999): 1-27. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vj1nt83s560j1pn/fink
%20gasser%20introduction.pdf?dl=0

Immanuel Wallerstein, “1968: The Great Rehearsal,” in Giovanni Arrighi, Terence K. Hopkins, and Immanuel
Wallerstein, Antisystemic Movements (London, 1989): 97-115.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yln5htkjml9wfi/Giovanni%20Arrighi%2C%20Terence%20K.%20Hopkins%2C
%20Immanuel%20Wallerstein%20Antisystemic%20Movements%201989.pdf?dl=0

Jeremi Suri, “The Rise and Fall of an International Counterculture, 1960–1975,” The American Historical
Review (2009) 114 (1): 45-68.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/49ihtrdlyjk9izy/JEREMI%20SURI%20rise%20and%20fall%20of%20inter
%20counterculture.pdf?dl=0

Richard Ivan Jobs, “Youth Movements: Travel, Protest, and Europe in 1968, “American Historical Review. April
2009, 114 (2): 376-404.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1k33rgso6milg0/youth%20movements%20and%20travel%20The%20American
%20Historical%20Review-2009-Jobs-376-404.pdf?dl=0

Tarıq Ali, “Introduction,” in 1968: Marching in the Streets edited by Tarıq Ali and Susan Watkins (London:
Bloomsbury, 1998): 7-13.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5g4q3dn50fgxknj/tariq%20ali%20Introduction.pdf?dl=0

Week V The 1968 in World History II Oct.

18

Herbert Marcuse, “The Movement in a new era of Repression:An assessment,” Berkeley Journal of Sociology,
February 1971, 1-14.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dfjouy452qahmom/Marcuse_MovementEraRepression.pdf?dl=0

Herbert A. Deane, “Reflections on Student Radicalism,” in Up against the ivy wall : a history of the Columbia
crisis by Jerry L. Avorn, New York, 1969, 285-290.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bhr2lefiaimu53/Deane_Student%20Radicalism.pdf?dl=0

Rudi Dutschke, “On anti-authoritarianism,” in The New Left Reader, 243-253.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/twbm96ksrgw3n9l/dutschke_antiauthoritarianism.pdf?dl=0

Michel Foucault, “Between ‘words’ and ‘things’ during May 68,” in Remarks on Marx, New York, 1991, 131-
146.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bht42wewxcg6sm5/Foucault_May%2068.pdf?dl=0

Arif Dirlik, “The Third World in 1968,” in: Fink et al., 1968. The World Transformed: 295-317.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5llvnu4x4s0seaw/dirlik%20third%20world%20in%201968.pdf?dl=0

Sara M. Evans, “Sons, Daughters, and Patriarchy: Gender and the 1968 Generation,” American Historical
Review. April 2009, Vol. 114 Issue 2: 331-347.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o747zoiyndip24d/sons%20daughters%20and%20patriachy.pdf?dl=0
Lynne Segal, “Aileyi Parçalayacak mıyız?,” Toplum ve Bilim, no : 41, spring 1988, 61-84.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/53dd74bw09kqir5/Segal_Lynne.pdf?dl=0

Week VI Historiography of the Military Takeover of 1960 Oct. 25

Lecture on the Turkey of the 1960s.

Z. Fahri Fındıkoğlu, “İçtimai Sınıflar ve 27 Mayıs Hareketi,” Türk Yurdu 26, (288), September 1960, pp.17-18.

Kemal H. Karpat, “Recent Political Developments in Turkey and Their Social Background,” International
Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) Vol. 38, No. 3 (July, 1962): 304-323.

Çağlar Keyder, “İthal İkameci Sanayileşmenin Ekonomi Politiği,” in Türkiye’de Devlet ve Sınıflar (Istanbul:
İletişim, 1987): 117-133.

Cem Eroğul, “Otuzbirinci Yıldönümünde 27 Mayıs,” Mülkiyeliler Birliği Dergisi, 15, no.131, May 1991, pp. 41-
44.

Korkut Boratav - Mete Tunçay - Mesut Gülmez , “Cahit Talas'la 27 Mayıs Devrimi Üzerine Bir Söyleşi,”
Mülkiyeliler Birliği Dergisi, 14, no.119, May 1990, pp. 31-41

Hikmet Özdemir, “Yön’ün Tarihe Bakışı,” in Yön Hareketi, (Ankara: Bilgi, 1986): 69-123.

Sungur Savran, “1960, 1971, 1980: Toplumsal Mücadeleler, Askeri Müdahaleler.” 11. Tez, no. 6 (1987): 132-68.

Aslı Daldal, "The New Middle Class as a Progressive Urban Coalition: the 1960 Coup D'etat in Turkey," Turkish
Studies 5, no.3, Fall 2004: 75-102.

Roger Owen, “The Role of the Army in Middle Eastern Politics: A Critique of Existing Analyses,” Review of
Middle East Studies ( London: Ithaca Press), no.3, 1978: 63-81.

Week VII The 1968 in Turkey Nov. 1

Emin Alper, “Reconsidering social movements in Turkey: The case of the 1968-71 protest cycle,” New
Perspectives on Turkey, vol 43 / Sept 2010: 63 – 96.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bgnu527grf1o9xd/emin%20alper%2068%202010.pdf?dl=0

Ahmet İnsel, “Mayıs 68: Trajedisiz Bir Devrim,” Birikim, 109, May 1998: 45-48.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nd3p8dsz160mocl/22%20Insel%2C
%20Ahmet_Mayis68%2CTrajedisizBirDevrim.pdf?dl=0

Ertuğrul Kürkçü, “Hala Bir “68 Kuşağı” var mı?” Cogito, no.14, Spring 1998: 160-169.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d4bqowur566c5o6/25%20kurkcu%20hala%20bir%2068%20kusagi%20var
%20mi.pdf?dl=0

Şahin Alpay, “68 Kuşağı Üzerine Bir Deneme”, Toplum ve Bilim. 41 (Spring 1988): 167-185.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vbfamgp61iebvnt/26%20Alpay%2CSahin_68KusagiUzerineBirDeneme.pdf?dl=0

Murat Belge, “68 ve Sonrasında Sol Hareket”, Toplum ve Bilim, No : 41, (Spring 1988): 153-166.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ktu3ofaik9hxx8p/27%20Belge_68%20ve%20Sonrasinda%20Sol
%20Hareket_Toplum%20ve%20Bilim%2041.pdf?dl=0

Nadire Mater. “Devrimci Gençlik Hareketi Üzerine Ertuğrul Kürkçü İle Görüşme”. Türkiye Sorunları Dizisi 2.
Alan Yay. 1987, 10-42.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzbyqmzu841s1kp/Kurkcu%20mater_nadire_devrimci_genclik_hareketi.pdf?dl=0

Zafer Toprak, “1968’i Yargılamak ya da 68 Kuşağına Mersiye,” Cogito, no.14, Spring 1998: 154-159.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/58afabctnsvuop9/30%20toprak%2068i%20yargilamak%20yada%2068%20kusagina
%20mersiye.pdf?dl=0
Cengiz Çandar, “68 kuşağı”, Deniz Gezmiş, biz, hepimiz...,” Hürriyet, June 3, 2008.
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/9088426.asp

Taner Akçam, “68’den Geriye Ne Kaldı?” Birikim, 109, May 1998: 40-44.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cf8gw8zr0fxxbzd/31%20Akcam%2C%20Taner_68denGeriyeNeKaldi.pdf?dl=0

Hasan Cemal, “Ben o rüyadan uyandım, yoksa siz hâlâ uyuyor musunuz?..,” Milliyet, May 9, 2008.
http://www.milliyet.com.tr/gezmis-lerin-idami-----in-kirkinci-yil-notlari----/hasan-
cemal/siyaset/siyasetyazardetay/09.05.2008/525600/default.htm

Hasan Cemal, “Gezmiş’lerin idamındaki sorumluluk payım...,” Milliyet, May 8, 2008.

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/gezmis-lerin-idami-----in-kirkinci-yil-notlari----/hasan-
cemal/siyaset/siyasetyazardetay/08.05.2008/525189/default.htm

Işıl Gürsoy Uyar, 68’in Kadınları, edited by Ayşe Yazıcıoğlu (Köse), 2010: 129-139.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hm4lobns5f8mwj4/68in%20Kad%C4%B1nlar%C4%B1.pdf?dl=0

Çimen Keskin Turan, 68’in Kadınları, edited by Ayşe Yazıcıoğlu (Köse), 2010: 45-56.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hm4lobns5f8mwj4/68in%20Kad%C4%B1nlar%C4%B1.pdf?dl=0

Week VIII Memoirs from the 60s I Nov. 8

Gün Zileli, Yarılma: 1954-1972 (İstanbul: İletişim, 2002).

Week IX Memoirs from the 60s II: Student Presentations Nov. 15

Students will choose 3 books out of a list given by the instructor and 5-pages book reviews will be written for
each book. Start thinking and working on this as soon as possible!

Week X Memoirs from the 60s III: Student Presentations Nov.

22

Week XI-XIV student Presentations Nov. 29