The 1960s explosions in Greece and Turkey were neither of the First or Third Worlds, the core or the periphery: they combined elements of both.
Turkey's 1968 generation presents an interesting case, not only because the country was undergoing a major transformation, but also because it was a devout NATO ally neighboring the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.
While Erdoğan's tyranny is tolerated by "the West," "democracy" is no longer even an empty slogan where poor nations of the periphery are concerned.
