The independent weekly culture newspaper Yönelim focuses on the theme of “Liberation and Foundation” in its eighth issue. The issue, which features contributions from Barış Doster, Hazal Papuççular, Emrah Maraşo, Seçkin Çelik, Oğul Tuna, Emin Nedret İşli, Erdem Beliğ Zaman, Necdet İşli, Şahin Başol, Abdullah Talha Aslan, Gökşen Aydemir, Sertaç Çelik, and H. C. Asım Şengör, addresses the liberation process from August 30 to September 9 and the founding idea of the Republic from various perspectives.
EIGHTH ISSUE DOSSIER
In the dossier, Barış Doster examines how Atatürk prepared the intellectual groundwork for the Republic; Hazal Papuççular analyzes the long year between August 30, 1922, and October 29, 1923; and Emrah Maraşo explores Turkey’s liberation from the Ottoman Empire. Emin Nedret İşli brings the “İzmir Anthem” to light, based on a performance held on October 16, 1922, following the liberation of İzmir. Seçkin Çelik’s assessment of the CHP, Kemalism, and the spirit of the Kuvâ-yı Milliye, along with Gökşen Aydemir’s article on the traces of September 9 in cinema, expands the issue’s historical framework into the realms of politics and culture.
The eighth issue also includes a portrait of constitutional lawyer Bülent Tanör by Abdullah Talha Aslan and reports from the French press of the period by Şahin Başol.
YÖNELİM IN EIGHT ISSUES
Starting its publication life on July 23, 2026, Yönelim has combined dossiers addressing current politics with their historical backgrounds, along with analysis, commentary, literature, political satire, drawings, and cartoons in its first eight issues. Previous issues featured comprehensive dossiers dedicated to the political and intellectual history of Iran and Vietnam, as well as portraits of Nikol Pashinyan, Daniel Ortega, Friedrich Engels, Kim İl-Sung, and Tevfik Fikret. All issues and selected articles of the newspaper can be followed at yonelimgazetesi.com.
PRINTED COPY AND SUBSCRIPTION
The 8th issue of Yönelim and previously published issues can be purchased as individual copies from Turkuaz Sahaf in Beyoğlu. Readers who wish to receive the newspaper regularly in print can contact [email protected] to take advantage of three-month, six-month, or annual subscription packages. Printed subscription fees are 2,000 TL for three months, 4,000 TL for six months, and 8,000 TL annually.
ABOUT YÖNELİM
Yönelim is an independent weekly culture newspaper publishing in the fields of politics, culture, art, theory, history, literature, and technology. It addresses developments in Turkey and the world by going beyond the daily news flow to examine their historical, political, and intellectual backgrounds. Stating that it is “deeply rooted in the lands it inhabits,” the newspaper notes that it follows an editorial line in favor of labor, knowledge, science, rationalism, and progressivism. The concessionaire of Yönelim is Necdet İşli, the managing editor is Erdem Beliğ Zaman, and the editor is Oğul Tuna.
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