While They Wake Up

While They Awaken, the third book in the Classics of Socialist Thought in Turkey series, is a striking reflection of the consciousness and actions of the working people of Turkey questioning the established order in the 1960s, as well as their search for socialism. While They Awaken has two authors. Author of the chapter titled Handbook of Turkish Socialists in the first part of the book

It is Çetin Altan. His deadly criticisms of capitalism on the parliamentary rostrum, his enthusiastic speeches in the rally squares, the striking country problems he talked about in coffee houses, and

Çetin Altan is the political star of the 1960s with his alternative socialist society imaginings that he wrote convincingly in newspapers.

He is the enemy of the supporters of capitalism and the lover of the workers in search of socialism. The Handbook of Turkish Socialists is written with a simplicity that can be understood by everyone about socialist thought and social order, and with a mastery that calculates and answers all kinds of questions that may come to mind. With its fluent rhythm, lively narration, clear style, intelligent fiction, devastating criticism and the hopes it instills, it is a striking text that is rarely seen in the popularization of socialist ideas.

The author of the Letters in the second part of the book is the working people of Turkey with their workers, farmhands, carpenters, drivers, coffee shops, grocers, tailors, craftsmen and backless civil servants. This small bunch, chosen by Çetin Altan by lottery among thousands of letters coming from the east, west, south and north of the country, is a unique historical document in terms of reflecting the class consciousness and political repertoire of the working people of the period.

While They Are Waking, 50 years after its first edition, which sold thirteen thousand copies in one day, meets the reader again with the 'Preface' by Metin Çulhaoğlu, one of the most important living representatives of Turkish Marxism.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition