Türkiye Defteri [1] was a monthly magazine founded by a few intellectuals who felt the need for a local Marxism and filled a significant intellectual void in Turkey in the 1970s.
Published between April 1971 and June 1975, the magazine was owned and directed by Naci Çelik Berksoy. Its founders were Naci Çelik, Hulki Aktunç, and Taylan Altuğ. The magazine also explored Kemal Tahir's views. Marxism, the Ottoman Empire, and Westernization were its main topics of discussion. Special issues addressed Mustafa Suphi, Kemal Tahir, Nazım Hikmet, and Orhan Kemal.
In addition to its founders, its writers included Kemal
Tahir, Selahattin Hilav, Sezer Tansuğ, Selim İleri, Tomris Uyar, Leyla Erbil,
Hilmi Yavuz, Necati Güngör, and Ercüment Akman[2], who wrote about cinema.
[1] NEW BOOK
Türkiye Defteri
Magazine Publishing, Literature, and Politics in the 1970s
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Magazines have always enlivened Turkish intellectual life. The first examples of these magazines, which we encountered in the late Ottoman period, have played a leading role in our intellectual life. In the effort to instill new values in Turkish society, magazines such as Halkevi, Ülkü, and Kadro, which addressed the official ideology of the Republic, also came to the fore, as did magazines published by independent thought circles such as Yön, Hareket, Forum, Hisar, Devrim, and Büyük Doğu. Magazines, which addressed history and the present in a language more dynamic than books and more sober than newspapers, were followed with interest as the products of intellectual pursuits in literature, art, culture, economics, politics, and ideologies.
Throughout the 20th century, many social segments or intellectual groups with diverse beliefs, politics, and ideologies identified with a magazine they published to make their voices heard. In this respect, think tanks and their journals hold a significant place in the development of social, political, and literary studies in Turkey. The Westernization option, which accelerated with the establishment of the Republic, was lively debated in these journals.
Within the Westernization project, not only capitalist modernization but also Islamism and socialism were discussed as options for modernization. Throughout its publication, Türkiye Defteri (Turkish Notebook) Magazine championed the socialist option. This study examines Türkiye Defteri.
List Price: TL 190.00
Publication Date: 02.06.2025
ISBN: 9786255948403
Language: TURKISH
Number of Pages: 100
Binding Type: Paperback
Paper Type: Book Paper
Size: 13.5 x 21 cm
[2] Link to Kemal Tahir Article by Ercument Akman
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