PROPAGATING IMAGE OF NEW TURKEY TO THE WEST: JOURNAL OF LA TURQUIE KEMALISTE (1934-1948)


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İşler E. İ.

International Journal of Turcologia, vol.12, no.23, pp.56-79, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The Journal of La Turquie Kémaliste is going to be analyzed in this article asan international propaganda medium used in early Turkish Republic era.The aforementioned journal’s content is prepared by writers like VedatNedim Tör, Burhan Asaf Belge, Falih Rıfkı Atay,Şevket Süreyya Aydemir.Turkish Republic General Press Administration (Matbuat Umum Müdürlüğü)had published 49 issues between 1934 and 1948 for this purpose. Afterthe examination of all 49 issues, noteworthy examples would be evaluatedunder six categories. The journal La Turquie Kémaliste is important due to thefact it shows the young Turkish revolution’s social, political and economicalpraxis while on the other hand creating a new western, modern conceptof citizenship. This work focuses on how a group of intelectuals link NewTurkey’s images historically, communicatively and consciously, to thewestern political public rather than making a transcription of all issues