Çetin, Mine2021-10-052021-10-052021-092021-092021-09-30http://hdl.handle.net/11693/76582Cataloged from PDF version of article.Thesis (Master's): Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2021.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-96).This thesis aims to investigate the origins of identity politics by focusing on its lasting relationship between ideological politics. Concerning the literature of the left theories on the question of identity and the political context of the 1970s Turkey, which is identified by the factionalization of the ideological politics and the proliferation of the ethnic-identity based organizations, this study asks the following question: “How was the Kurdish question discussed among the 1970s Turkish Left?” To answer this question, the study conducted thematic analysis of the written texts that were generated through three periodicals of the 1970s left, namely İlke, Ürün and Yürüyüş. The analysis shows that the approach of the Turkish left to the Kurdish question affected the disengagement of the Kurdish-identity based organizations from the socialist left in Turkey.vi, 96 leaves ; 30 cm.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess1970s Turkish leftKurdish questionTextual analysisThesisB133123