THE YOUTH PROTESTS OF 68 GENERATION IN TURKEY

Abstract

The pro imperialist atmospher which became widespread after the 2. World War, found hars responses in many states. Especially since the beginning of the 1960s, it gave birth tothe ’68 generation’, whose name will be referred to as the events of 1968 in history and will guide the next period. This movement, wich contains discourses such as freedom equality and dependence and was accepted espsciallyamong the universty youth of the period, tried to change and transform everything that was contrary to its discourses. In this study, the structure of the period in which the 1968 events, know as the ’68 generation’emerged in Turkey and how they affected the society, will be discussed in the light of the events experienced during the period.