Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları, cilt.2022, sa.41, ss.105-140, 2022 (ESCI)
Following the May 27, 1960 military coup in Turkey, the pursuit toward a new direction and order to the political system was the primary agenda in every social segment, particularly including the intelligentsia. Ataturkism was at the forefront in these turbulent and uncertain times as the most extensively discussed and defined ideology in the process of solution seeking, and it was embraced by different viewpoints. One of the intellectuals who grounded Ataturkism was Aydin Yalcin; a liberal intellectual who had worked as a professor, the Editorin-Chief of Oncu newspaper, and a politician. This study aims to analyze at which points Ataturkism overlapped with the core values of democracy in Yalcin's intellectual realm. In this study, document analysis of Yalcin's perspective on the May 27 coup is restricted to his articles published in Oncu as the Editor-in-Chief between 1960 and 1962. Yalcin analyzed the discussions on the reestablishment of democracy in Turkey and defined the suitable environment for it to grow. Furthermore, he rejected any "ready-made formulas," any "-isms," and any political move that excluded a democratic system. In Yalcin's intellectual realm, in which he considered Ataturkism compatible with the core values of liberal thought as well as democracy, Ataturkism stood for a guarantee for democracy.