▁six ▁months ▁in ▁the ▁Har bi ye ▁military ▁prison . ▁Upon ▁his ▁release ▁he ▁ran ▁D ü ş ün ▁Publishing , ▁which ▁he ▁co - f ounded ▁with ▁the ▁writer ▁Az iz ▁N es in . ▁ ▁He ▁worked ▁on ▁film ▁scripts ▁with ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁Met in ▁Er ks an , ▁Hal it ▁Re fi ğ ▁and ▁At ı f ▁Y ı l maz . ▁ ▁He ▁travel led ▁to ▁the ▁USS R ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁After ▁having ▁a ▁lung ▁operation ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁T ah ir ▁worked ▁on ▁vern ac ular izing ▁Marx ist ▁termin ology ▁and ▁creating ▁a ▁national ▁left ▁ide ology , ▁which ▁would ▁suit ▁a ▁Turkish - An atol ian ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁identity . ▁In ▁doing ▁so , ▁he ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁many ▁left ▁wing ▁intellect uals . ▁During ▁a ▁particularly ▁he ated ▁debate , ▁K em al ▁T ah ir ▁suffered ▁a ▁heart ▁attack ▁and ▁died ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁Ide ology ▁ ▁The ▁foundation ▁of ▁K em al ▁T ah ir ' s ▁ide ology ▁can ▁be ▁broad ly ▁described ▁as ▁Marx ist . ▁As ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁a ▁political ▁activ ist , ▁he ▁saw ▁a ▁contradiction ▁between ▁the ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁ ▁and ▁political ▁structure ▁of ▁Turkey ▁and ▁solutions ▁that ▁Marx ism ▁offers . ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁belief ▁that ▁Western ization ▁was ▁something ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁quite ▁fit