Lenin’s ‘Eastern Policy’ and Communism in Turkey and Greece, 1918-1923
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Fouskas, V. 2020. Lenin’s ‘Eastern Policy’ and Communism in Turkey and Greece, 1918-1923. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 22 (2), pp. 210-221. https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2020.1746588
Authors | Fouskas, V. |
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Abstract | Examining Lenin’s strategy towards colonial and semi-colonial periphery is crucial in understanding the way in which early Soviet policy was shaped and implemented towards the crucial conflict in Anatolia between Greece—Britain’s proxy—and Turkish national resistance movement based in Ankara. We show that, Soviet state interests kept a firm hand on—albeit in different ways—the development of communism both in Greece and Turkey and, for most of the period, it undermined the movement, especially in Turkey when they directly assisted Kemal’s nationalism against the Greek campaign in Asia Minor while Kemal’s movement was exterminating leading Turkish communists. |
Journal | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies |
Journal citation | 22 (2), pp. 210-221 |
ISSN | 1944-8953 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2020.1746588 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 30 Mar 2020 |
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Deposited | 11 May 2020 |
Copyright holder | © 2020 Taylor & Francis |
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