Türkiye’de Muhafazakâr Anti-Kapitalizm: Nurettin Topçu
Conservative Anti-Capitalism in Turkey: Nurettin Topçu

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to analyse the anti-modernist and anticapitalist ideas of one of the most prominent ideologues of Turkish conservatism, Nurettin Topçu and to show that the basic motive behind these ideas was his anticommunism mindset. He thinks that capitalism reinforces communism due to its materialist and anti-egalitarian character and functions as communism's 'life source'. This means that destroying communism is to destroy its 'life source', that is capitalism. Consequently Topçu tries to develop a non-capitalist model of economy, state and society and uses his intellectual capacity to create an ideological base for a normative theory patterning on noncapitalist and non-communist 'third-way'. In this context, this paper investigates Topçu's anti-capitalism, anticommunism and his alternative model for state/economy/society.

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