TY - JOUR
T1 - Opposition to Authoritarianism
T2 - The Society for the Dissemination of Free Ideas and the Road to Democracy in Turkey, 1947-1950
AU - Ozavci, Ozan
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Society for the Dissemination of Free Ideas (SDFI) was the first liberal civil society organization in Turkey. To this date, little attention has been paid to its actions and ideology. Taking the history of the SDFI as its central focus, this article aims to give an account of liberal opposition to authoritarianism in Turkey in the late 1940s, analyzing the factors which led self-proclaimed liberals to unify and eventually disband their alliance, and the novelties and limits of liberal thought at the time.
AB - The Society for the Dissemination of Free Ideas (SDFI) was the first liberal civil society organization in Turkey. To this date, little attention has been paid to its actions and ideology. Taking the history of the SDFI as its central focus, this article aims to give an account of liberal opposition to authoritarianism in Turkey in the late 1940s, analyzing the factors which led self-proclaimed liberals to unify and eventually disband their alliance, and the novelties and limits of liberal thought at the time.
U2 - 10.1080/14683849.2015.1043280
DO - 10.1080/14683849.2015.1043280
M3 - Article
SN - 1468-3849
VL - 16
SP - 161
EP - 177
JO - Turkish Studies
JF - Turkish Studies
IS - 2
ER -