Yön
| Editor-in-chief | Doğan Avcıoğlu |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Year founded | 1961 |
| First issue | 20 December 1961 |
| Final issue | 30 June 1967 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Based in | Ankara |
| Language | Turkish |
Yön (meaning Direction in English) was a weekly Turkish political magazine published between 1961 and 1967.[1][2] It was a Kemalist and leftist magazine.[3]
History and profile
Yön started publication in Ankara on 20 December 1961.[3][4] The founders included Doğan Avcıoğlu, Mümtaz Soysal, İlhan Selçuk and İlhami Soysal.[4] Its editor was Doğan Avcıoğlu.[4] Yön had a social democratic and Kemalist stance.[5] The magazine supported for antifeudalism, and étatist and Third Worldist approach.[5] It attempted to establish a national front to achieve national democracy in Turkey.[5] In addition to political writings, the magazine also covered artistic work,[2] including a poem of Nazım Hikmet (published in 1964) whose works had not been published in the country for a long time.[6]
Immediately after its foundation the magazine enjoyed a circulation level of 30,000 copies.[5] However it decreased to between 4,000 and 5,000 copies in 1965.[4] The magazine ceased publication in 1967 and the last issue was published on 30 June 1967.[4] The magazine was followed by Ant and Türk Solu, two political magazines.[5]
References
- ↑ Sinan Ciddi (13 January 2009). Kemalism in Turkish Politics: The Republican People's Party, Secularism and Nationalism. Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-134-02559-6. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 Gholamali Haddad Adel; Mohammad Jafar Elmi; Hassan Taromi-Rad (31 August 2012). Periodicals of the Muslim World: An Entry from Encyclopedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-908433-10-7. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 Fahrettin Altun (2010). "Discourse of Left-Kemalists in Turkey: Case of the Journal, Yön, 1961–1967" (PDF). Middle East Critique. 19 (2). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Özgür Mutlu Ulus (8 December 2010). The Army and the Radical Left in Turkey: Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism. I.B.Tauris. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-85771-880-8. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ahmet Samim (1981). "The Tragedy of the Turkish Left - New Left Review" (PDF). New Left Review. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Sina Aksin (1 February 2007). Turkey, from Empire to Revolutionary Republic: The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to Present. NYU Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-8147-0722-7. Retrieved 21 September 2015.