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Adam Sanat (Turkish: "Adam Art") ( ISSN   1300-154X) was a Turkish literary magazine founded in Istanbul by the Adam Publishing house in 1985 [1] and published through mid-2005. [2] [3] The magazine published the works of many prominent Turkish writers and poets. [4] Turkish poet Turgay Fişekçi, one of its editors, subsequently founded the literary publication Sözcükler in 2006. [3]

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References

  1. Gholamali Haddad Adel; Mohammad Jafar Elmi; Hassan Taromi-Rad, eds. (2012). Periodicals of the Muslim World: An Entry from Encyclopedia of the World of Islam. London: EWI Press. p. 272. ISBN   978-1-908433-10-7.
  2. (16 July 2005). Adam'ın dergileri kapandı Radikal (reporting on reports of a potential shutdown of the periodical in 2005) (in Turkish) Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 (10 April 2006). Sözcükler 1 Mayıs'ta çıkıyor, Hürriyet (confirms recent closure) (in Turkish)
  4. (29 April 2005) Sabri Altınel 80 yaşında Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Radikal (reporting on special issue of Adam Sanat dedicated to Turkish poet Sabri Altinel) (in Turkish)