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{{Short description|Turkish academic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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| caption = Küçük around 1970
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| birth_date = 1 July 1938 (age 86)
| birth_place = [[İskenderun]], [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon]]
| occupation = Academician
| nationality = [[Turkish people|Turkish]]
| citizenship = [[Turkey]]
| education = [[Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University]]
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'''Yalçın Küçük''' (born 1938) is a Turkish socialist writer, economist, historian and [[media pundit]], recognized for his historical studies on the late-Ottoman and Republican periods in the history of Turkey and Soviet economic development from a Marxist perspective and also his interest in [[crypto-Judaism]] in Turkey ([[Sabbateanism]]) and criticism of the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]].<ref name=yon/><ref name=kimdir>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/10720612.asp|access-date=2009-01-07|title=Prof. Dr. Yalçın Küçük kimdir|work=[[Hürriyet]]
|date=2009-01-07|language=tr}}</ref>

==Background==
Küçük was born in [[Iskenderun]]. His father's ancestry is [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turkoman]] while his mother's is [[Peoples of the Caucasus|Caucasian]]. He went to the [[Kabataş High School]], followed by [[Ankara University]]. He graduated in 1960 with a degree in [[political science]].<ref name=kimdir/>

==Career==
His first job was in the State Planning Board, where he eventually oversaw the Long Term Planning department. In 1966 he found a position at the [[Middle East Technical University]]. He was fired after the [[1971 Turkish coup d'état|1971 coup]]. Before the coup he wrote calling for a "Socialist Revolution" and a socialist administration in Turkey in the leftist publications ''[[Yön]]'', ''Emek'', ''[[Ant (newspaper)|Ant]]''.<ref name=yon/> He is also well known for his bitter criticisms of another strategy called "[[National Democratic Revolution (strategy)|National Democratic Revolution]]" ({{langx|tr|Milli Demokratik Devrim}}).


In 1973, he became a reserve officer at the Polatlı Artillery school (military service is compulsory in Turkey) and served in the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|1974 Turkish military operation in Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hacır |first1=Gürkan |title=Bir Yalçın Küçük Portresi |url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/2009/01/11/yazar/137/gurkan_hacir/bir_yalcin_kucuk_portresi.html |publisher=Akşam |date=11 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521081052/http://www.aksam.com.tr/2009/01/11/yazar/137/gurkan_hacir/bir_yalcin_kucuk_portresi.html |archive-date=21 May 2010 }}</ref> Afterward he ran the economy department of the establishment newspaper, ''[[Cumhuriyet]]''.<ref name=kimdir/> He also ran the economy bulletin of the [[Anka news agency]].<ref name=yon/>

He soon devoted himself to leftist causes, such as editing the newspaper ''Yürüyüş'' and relaunching of the [[Workers' Party of Turkey (1961)|Workers Party of Turkey]] ({{langx|tr|Türkiye İşçi Partisi}}). The party kicked him and some others out in 1978; so, they launched a magazine called ''Socialist Power'' ({{langx|tr|Sosyalist İktidar}}) the next year.<ref name=yon/>

In 1979 he joined [[Ankara University]] but was again dismissed after [[1980 Turkish coup d'état|the next coup]], in 1980. He returned to academia at [[Gazi University]], and retired in 1987.<ref name=yon/>

==Retirement==
In his retirement he continued to write for ''Social Deliverance'' ({{langx|tr|Toplumsal Kurtuluş}}) and ''Always Forward'' ({{langx|tr|Hep İleri}}). In 1993 he interviewed the leader of the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]], [[Abdullah Öcalan]] in Syria's [[Bekaa Valley]]. Numerous photographs were leaked depicting Öcalan providing Küçük with a tour of the camp, and dining with him.<ref name=yon/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kackartv.com.tr/Default.asp?I=Haber&ID=15351|access-date=2008-11-23
|title=İşte Yalçın Küçük'ün Kankası|work=Rize Kaçkar Televizyonu|language=tr|date=2008-07-18}}</ref>

Küçük's photographs with Abdullah Öcalan were in fact published in his own books and journals edited by Küçük himself in the 1990s during his contact with PKK.<ref>For instance see various issues of ''Toplumsal Kurtuluş'' and ''Bilim ve Edebiyat''</ref> He asserted on various TV channels and in interviews that these photographs were neither secret nor a cause for shame. As a social scientist and a socialist he analyzed what he claimed was the most powerful insurgency against the Turkish state. Kurdish political organizations other than the PKK claimed that Küçük "Kemalized" Öcalan by persuading him to turn his back on separatism.

He left for [[Paris]] in 1993 as a protest against president [[Süleyman Demirel]] and the fact that a brothel owner, [[Matild Manukyan]], was the highest taxpayer, but returned after the [[28 February operation|1997 "post-modern" coup]]. However, he was sentenced to two years in prison for spreading separatist propaganda (his interviews with Öcalan). He briefly had a show on [[Sky Türk]] called ''Pens and Swords'' ({{langx|tr|Kalemler ve Kılıçlar}}) but it got pulled allegedly after complaints from the government and the former chief of general staff, [[Yaşar Büyükanıt]].<ref name=yon/>

His houses in [[Karakusunlar]], [[Ankara]] and [[Balat (Istanbul)|Balat]], [[Istanbul]] were searched in January 2009 in the context of the ongoing [[Ergenekon investigation]]. His lawyer, Dursun Ermiş, arrived at Küçük's home in Ankara to field journalists' questions. The search warrant was issued by the Ninth Heavy Penal Court in İstanbul. The police were searching for documents pertaining to the Ergenekon network.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/10720408.asp|access-date=2009-01-07|title=Yalçın Küçük'ün evinde arama|work=[[Hürriyet]]|date=2009-01-07|first=Nurettin|last=Kurt|language=tr}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==
Küçük is a prolific writer:<ref name=yon>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=915924&Date=07.01.2009&CategoryID=77|title=Yön'den Ergenekon'a Yalçın Küçük|department=Türkiye|work=[[Radikal]]|date=2009-01-07|language=tr|agency=[[Anka news agency]]|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>
* Türkiye üzerine Tezler - 5 volumes ''(Thesis' about Turkey)''
* Aydın Üzerine Tezler - 5 volumes ''(Thesis' about intellectuals)''
* 100 Soruda Planlama Kalkınma ve Türkiye ''(Planning - Development in 100 question and Turkey)''
* Endüstrileşmenin Temel Sorunları: Sovyet Deneyimi ''(Basic problems of industrialisation: the soviet experience)''
* Yeni Bir Cumhuriyet için ''(For a new republic)''
* Bilim ve Edebiyat ''(Science and Literature)''
* [[Quo vadis|Qua Vadimus]] - Nereye Gidiyoruz? ''(Where are we going?)''
* Sovyetler Birliğinde Sosyalizmin Kuruluşu ''(Foundation of socialism in Soviet Union)''
* Sovyetler Birliğinde Sosyalizmin Çözülüşü (2010) ''(Collapse of socialism in Soviet Union)''
* Küfür Romanları ''(Novels of Insult)''
* Estetik Hesaplaşma ''(Aesthetical Payoff)''
* İtirafçıların İtirafları ''(Confessions of confessors)''
* 21 Yaşında Çocuk: Fatih Sultan Mehmet ''(A 21-year-old boy: Mehmet the Conqueror)''
* Ermeni Rahiple Mektuplaşmalar ''(Letters to an Armenian priest)''
* Emperyalist Türkiye ''(Imperialist Turkey)''
* Kürtler Üzerine Tezler ''(Thesis on Kurds)''
* Kürt Bahçesinde Sözleşi ''(Interviews in kurdish garden)''
* Tekeliyet 1–2 ''(Monopoly 1–2)''
* Tekelistan ''(Monopolyland 1–2)''
* İsimlerin İbranileştirilmesi / Tekelistan - 1 / Türk Yahudi isimleri Sözlüğü ''(Hebrewation of names / Monopolyland 1 / Turkish - Hebrew names dictionary)''
* Tarih 1–2 ''(History 1–2)''
* İsyan 1–2 ''(Rebellion 1–2)''
* Şebeke 1 ''(Network 1)''
* Putları Yıkıyorum - Önsözler 1 ''(I'm breaking the idols - Prewords 1)''
* Türkiye Büyülü Hapishanem ''(Turkey, my magical prison)''
* Ders 1: Küçülme Savaş ''(Lesson 1: Don't get minimize, make war)''
* Devlet ve Hürriyet ''(State and Freedom)''
* Caligula: Saralı Cumhur (2007) ''(Epileptic Public)''
* Sol Müdahale (2007) ''(Left Intervention)''
* Aforizmalar (2008) ''(Aphorisms)''
* Epilepsi ile Orgazm: Mediko-Politik (2008) ''(Epilepsy and Orgasm: Medico-Politic)''
* Çöküş (2010) ''(Decadence)''
* Haberci (2010) ''(The Precursor)''
* Fitne (2010) ''(The Cabal)''
* Hasta Despot (2010) ''(Ailing Despot)''
* Cumhuriyet'e Karşı Küfür Romanları (2011) ''(Novels of Insult Against The Republic)''
* Çıkış - Ansiklopedi 1 (2014) ''(Exodus - Encyclopedia 1)''
* Fitne - Gizli Tarih (2015) ''(The Cabal - Classified History)''

==References==
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[[Category:Kabataş Erkek Lisesi alumni]]
[[Category:Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni]]
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[[Category:People from İskenderun]]
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[[Category:20th-century Turkish historians]]
[[Category:Turkish economists]]
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[[Category:Workers' Party of Turkey politicians]]
[[Category:People convicted in the Ergenekon trials]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of Turkey]]
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[[Category:Turkish conspiracy theorists]]
[[Category:Turkish Marxists]]
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[[Category:Academic staff of Gazi University]]
[[Category:21st-century Turkish historians]]

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