''Birikim'' (Turkish: ''Accumulation'') is a leftist magazine which has existed since 1975 in Turkey. It was banned by the military authorities in 1980 immediately after the coup. The magazine resumed its publication in 1989. It was a print magazine under the subtitle ''Aylık sosyalist kültür dergisi'' (Turkish: ''Monthly socialist cultural journal'') until 2005 when it was redesigned as an online publication.

History and profile

''Birikim'' was started by a group of Turkish Marxists, including Ömer Laçiner and

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, in 1975, and its first issue appeared on 1 March that year. The magazine was initially headquartered in

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. Its publisher is Birikim Publications which also produces other titles, including ''Toplum and Bilim'' (Turkish: ''Society and Science''). One of the goals set for ''Birikim'' was to redefine

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based on a critical approach towards Kemalism. Therefore, it managed to develop its own approach without being part of any fractions within the Marxism in Turkey. The magazine was banned immediately after the 1980 military coup in Turkey and was relaunched in 1989. In its second phase ''Birikim'' writers became closer to

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which they regarded as a very successful approach not only in economics but also in political arena. This shift was partly a consequence of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Contributors and editors

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was among the regular contributors of Birikim in its first period between 1975 and 1980. Some of the major contributors in the second period have included Tanıl Bora and Ahmet İnsel. In 1993 ''Birikim'' published the writings of Slavoj Žižek, a Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist, in Turkish for the first time. As of 2005 Ömer Laçiner was serving as its

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