Yol ve Töre Dergilerindeki Yazıları Ekseninde Erol Güngör'ün Türk Soluna Yönelik Eleştirileri.

Erol Güngör (1938-1983) is one of the important figures of nationalist-conservative thought. Since the 1970s, he started to draw attention among the Turkish intelligentsia with his writings. He analyzed the modernization process, which he comprehended on the axis of the intellectual-people conflict, in terms of the failure to establish the unity of national culture. He evaluated Turkey's issues in a historical-sociological perspective, with his exceptional personality, who was knowledgeable in both Ottoman and Western cultures. In doing so, although he was politically involved, he did not completely abandon a scientific approach. Although Güngör is a member of the academy, he is a university professor whose intellectual horizon far exceeds the boundaries of this field. He published his works during the Cold War conjuncture (1960-1980) when the right-left polarization was effective. One feature of this period is the rise of leftist ideology and politics in Turkey, and the other is the strengthening of a nationalism that emphasizes anti-communism. Erol Güngör made important criticisms towards the Turkish Left in an effort to raise the intellectual level of the nationalist camp in such conditions. With his writings in Yol and Töre magazine, he expressed the dilemmas of the left. His struggle against the left constitutes one of the main elements of his thought. This article has been written in order to analyze the nature of Erol Güngör's criticisms of the left in the Cold War conjuncture and to clarify the path of intellectual development in the period 1965-1975. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]