THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY AND SMYRNA [AUGUST 12TH - NOVEMBER 17 TH, 1930]

Volume: 4 Number: 5 December 1, 2015
  • Eyüp Öz
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THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY AND SMYRNA [AUGUST 12TH - NOVEMBER 17 TH, 1930]

Abstract

For several reasons, the year 1930 can be defined as a genuine turning point for Turkey. The radical religious reforms under the Kemalist leadership and the growing social discontentdue to the Economic Crisis forced the country to go through a transformation towards two essential directions: economic statism and pluralistic political system. Created on the personal order of Mustafa Kemal, the Liberal Republican Partytook its place in the historical scene on August 12th, as a pure product of the political engineering which was envisaging the simultaneous implementing of this double orientation. Nevertheless, the welcome of Fethi Okyar at Smyrna as a redeemer overturned all expectations. Breaking with his impartiality, the President of the Republic had to reaffirm immediately his attachment to the Republican People‟s Party, at the same time, municipal elections were marked by the rivalry between Mustafa Kemal and Fethi Okyar. The opposition was successful during the elections, despite the legitimization of all injustices and state coercions. Though the Liberal Party was unexpectedly dissolved, its electorate continued to exist for several more months. The disproportionate response to a singular messianic uprising did not succeed in the suppressing of social protests. Born in Magnesia and ended in Menemen on December 23rd, 1930, this insurrectionary wave has shaken the power profoundly, with the murder of a sub-lieutenant. Gallows erected on public places after the incident were part of a unique « fear engineering » that disintegrated the opposition coalition. The concept of liberalism thus became synonymous with violence and liberal opponents will be silenced by fear of religious reactionism

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Eyüp Öz This is me

Publication Date

December 1, 2015

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December 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 4 Number: 5

APA
Öz, E. (2015). İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 4(5), 409-440. https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW
AMA
1.Öz E. İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]. MJSS. 2015;4(5):409-440. https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW
Chicago
Öz, Eyüp. 2015. “İzmir Ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 4 (5): 409-40. https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW.
EndNote
Öz E (December 1, 2015) İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 4 5 409–440.
IEEE
[1]E. Öz, “İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]”, MJSS, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 409–440, Dec. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW
ISNAD
Öz, Eyüp. “İzmir Ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 4/5 (December 1, 2015): 409-440. https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW.
JAMA
1.Öz E. İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]. MJSS. 2015;4:409–440.
MLA
Öz, Eyüp. “İzmir Ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 5, Dec. 2015, pp. 409-40, https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW.
Vancouver
1.Eyüp Öz. İzmir ve Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası [12 Ağustos-17 Kasım 1930]. MJSS [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 1;4(5):409-40. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA76CU95TW

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