Anti-Sovietism in Turkish Left: Concept of Social Imperialism, Three World Theory and Proleterian Revolutionist Enlightement (PDA) Movement

The tension between the USSR and China in 1960s has been known as the 'Moscow-Beijing conflict' in the political history. The CPC's (The Communist Party of China) critiques against the CPSU (the Communist Party of Soviet Union) have reached the highest point by claiming that the USSR is a 'social-imperialist' country. The answer that is produced as a solution to the problem of defining the USSR as an imperialist state is the 'three world theory'. China has defined a new mission for herself by the 'three world theory'. China has wanted to lead a front consisted of the 'third world countries' against the USA's and USSR's imperialism. This tension has influenced Turkey as well as many other countries. In the post 12th of March 1971 coup d'état period, while the Turkish left was reorganizing itself, the PDA movement (The Proletarian Revolutionist Enlightenment) which originated from the MDD (the National Democratic Revolution) has had to become a party to this tension. The PDA, which has transferred the CPC's theory of 'social-imperialism' and 'three world theory' to Turkey, has reduced the struggle for socialism to the struggle against the USSR since the second half of 1970s. Amongst the various USSR critiques of the Turkish left, the one that the PDA circle holds has taken a peculiar place by declaring the USSR as 'the basic conflict' and through its attitude that reduces the struggle for socialism to the struggle against the USSR.

Keywords

Social-imperialism, Three World Theory, Communist Party of Soviet Union, Communist Party of China, P