The Genesis of Socialist Thought in Turkey: The Predominance of Conjuncture Metin Çulhaoğlu While highlighting some primary factors influencing the genesis of socialist thought in Turkey in its early years, Çulhaoğlu argues that the theoretical background of this thinking was not ripe enough to address any given politicaleconomic conjuncture starting from sound premises but, on the contrary, so immature to be overdetermined or “swallowed” by the conjuncture itself. Citing several examples mostly from the period 19201930 to support his argument, Culhaoğlu concludes that the socialist thought in Turkey has always been predominated by rather pragmatist tendencies, and that this imprint of pragmatism dating back to origins leaves only a limited space for theoretical or holistic conjuncture analyses.