Observations on Maoism in Turkey Aydın Çubukçu This article provides some characteristic features of penetration and development of “Maoist” thought and practices in Turkey. Maoism both as a practice of a “peasant revolution” and a “break from the mainstream communism” indicated by the concept of “militant people's fight”, has found a fertile ground to flourish among Turkish youth. The convergence between the form of expression, Mao developed with an inspiration from traditional Chinese literature, and the fundamental arguments of “National Democratic Revolution” that was becoming influential in the Turkey’s political literature in those years, paved the way for Maoist though. This created a longlasting influence on the Turkey’s Socialist Movement. At present, Maoism, although it has faced with severe criticisms, continued to live with its implicit and explicit effects.