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THE SOCIALIST AND MAOIST
VIEW OF CHINA
1Ideologically, the groups that lean toward China consist of
mostly Marxist-socialist-Maoist groups. According to their
perspective, China could have an important role in opposing
the Western world.
Especially after the Cold War, some socialists, particularly Maoists, are leaning towards
secular Turkish nationalism. This group, the leftist nationalists, thinks that Turkey is
being dominated by the U.S. and Western Europe through its membership in NATO,
and that it prioritizes Western interests over its own national interests. The people who
advocate a pro-NATO, pro-European Union (EU) policy are co-conspirators. According
to this group, Turkey should leave NATO and end its EU membership negotiations.
Turkey’s interest lay outside the Western world and Turkey should join the block that is
led by Russia and China, an “anti-imperialist” camp.
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According to Erol Manisalı, Turkey is acting in accordance with the U.S., Israel, and the
EU, and gives all the necessary support for their regional politics. However, Turkey has
common strategic interests with Russia, China, and Iran. Ankara has started to establish
strategic relations with Beijing in Asia. Turkey’s improving relations with prominent
Asian powers—such as Russia, China, and Iran—are, all things being equal, a natural
outcome of the local dynamics of the region. On the contrary, Ankara’s relations with
the West has been a set of top-to-bottom developments based on political decisions. 1
According to Doğu Perinçek, the founding chairman of the Workers Party (İşçi Partisi)
and a prominent Maoist leader, Turkey is in danger of being divided and is not independent.
Ankara, under U.S. mandate, has been tied to the EU’s door. In this situation,
the mission is to free Turkey from the U.S. mandate and to ensure its national integrity.
This strategic mission can be achieved by allying with Syria (Assad government), Iraq
(Maliki government), Iran, and Azerbaijan, and by strengthening the back fence formed
by China and Russia. Nationalism, populism, revolutionism, and socialism all require
such a shift. In this context, the Turkish nationalists would befriend China and Russia
in order to get rid of the U.S. Turkey will inevitably be at the forefront of the emerging
Eurasian civilization. Ankara is a servant in Atlantic, but an equal partner in Eurasia. In
this strategic alliance, the U.S. is trying to disintegrate Turkey through the PKK, Russia
through Chechen militias, and China through so-called Uyghur separatism. Those who
1 Erol Manisalı, “Rusya, İran ve Türkiye’nin Önemi”, Cumhuriyet, 10 September 2012.
TURKISH PERCEPTIONS OF CHINA’S RISE