The Rise and Fall of Nine Lights Ideology

This article aims to shed light on the origins of the Turkish ultra-nationalist Nine Lights ideology and explain why this ideology failed to take root. Soon after the Turkish ultra-nationalists controlled the Republican Peasants' Nation Party (RPNP), the party leader Alparslan Türkeş embarked o...

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Main Author: Balci, Tamer (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2011
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2011, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-160
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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