The number of magazines began to increase from 1928 when the language reform was initiated. In 1941 the number of magazines published in Turkey was 227. [1] Five years later it became 302 in 1946. [1] Based on the data from the Radio and Television Supreme Council and the Turkish Statistical Institute there were a total of 4,058 magazines in 2012. [2]
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Turkey. They may be published in Turkish or in other languages.
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. A descendant of the prominent Köprülü family, Fuat Köprülü was a key figure in the intersection of scholarship and politics in early 20th century Turkey.
Zeynep Ergun was a professor at Institute of Social Sciences English Language and Literature Department of Istanbul University.
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil was a Turkish author, poet, and playwright. A part of the Edebiyat-ı Cedide movement of the late Ottoman Empire, he was the founder of and contributor to many literary movements and institutions, including his flagship Servet-i Fünun journal. He was a strong critic of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, which led to the censorship of much of his work by the Ottoman government. His many novels, plays, short stories, and essays include his 1899 romance novel Aşk-ı Memnu, which has been adapted into an internationally successful television series of the same name.
Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968) was the first professional female journalist and publisher in modern Turkey. Her articles and columns advocated for reforming the rights of women and workers and criticized state oppression, imperialism, fascism and social inequalities in Turkey. Her high-profile activism for democracy, civil liberties and a free press resulted in social and political pressure, censorship, imprisonment and ultimately, exile. Sertel is considered the first to publicly marry outside the dönme community, Jews who converted to Islam in the 17th century but privately retained their beliefs and were viewed with suspicion by Muslims. She was the first Turkish woman to be tried in court and imprisoned for her writings. She also was one of the first Turkish women to die in political exile.
Peyami Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu. He reflected his life and his changes to his works. He wrote many novels under the pseudonym Server Bedi. He created the type Cingöz Recai inspired by Arsène Lupin of the French writer Maurice Leblanc. He also worked as a journalist at various institutions and published several magazines such as Kültür Haftası with his brother İlhami Safa.
F. Tulga Ocak was a Turkish academic and professor of classical Turkish literature and Persian language. She worked at Hacettepe University.
Muallim Naci, literally "Naci The Teacher", was an Ottoman writer, poet, educator and literary critic.
Resimli Ay was an Ottoman-Turkish magazine published in Istanbul between 1924 and 1938. The first issue of the magazine appeared on 1 February 1924. Seven volumes with a total of 72 issues were produced during its existence. The magazine was founded by the journalist couple Zekeriya and Sabiha Sertel who studied in the US and wanted to contribute to improving the political and economic living conditions - especially of Turkish women and to the intellectual education of the Turkish population. The magazine was thus a publication organ for the socialist and avant-garde requirements of the 1920s.
Emine Mebrure Aksoley was a Turkish educator, philanthropist, politician, women's rights activist, member of parliament, and senator.
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın (1892–1959) was a Turkish linguist, politician, journalist, diplomat, writer and author. He was one of the contributors of Süs, a women's magazine between 1923 and 1924. He was a member of the commission involved in introducing the modern Turkish alphabet. He was one of the founders of the Turkish Language Association and its first Secretary General (1933). He was appointed ambassador to Albania (1934), Hungary (1939–1943), Italy (1943–1944), the United Kingdom (1944–1945), and Greece (1945–1952).
Zekeriya Sertel, also known as Mehmet Zekeriya Sertel, (1890–1980) was a Turkish journalist. He is the first director of state press department and founder and editor of various periodicals. From 1950 to 1980 Sertel lived in exile.
Bilge Karasu, was a Turkish short story writer and novelist.
Ali Canip Yöntem, was a Turkish poet, writer, literary history researcher, and politician.
Yurt ve Dünya was a sociological and political magazine which was headquartered first in Ankara and then in Istanbul, Turkey. It was first published in the period between 1941 and 1944 and then between 1977 and 1980. It is known for its well-known editors and contributors, including Sabahattin Ali, Niyazi Berkes, Behice Boran and Pertev Naili Boratav.
Sennur Sezer was a Turkish poet and documentary writer.
Adnan Çelik is a Turkish author known as Adnan Özyalçıner.
Ahmet Köksal was a Turkish poet and writer.
Kadria Hussein was an Egyptian royal and writer. She was the daughter of Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt, who ruled the country between 1914 and 1917. She contributed various magazines, including Shehbal.
Mediha Esenel was a Turkish sociologist, writer and journalist. She was a faculty member of Ankara University until January 1947 when she resigned from her teaching post during the purge of leftist academics.
Tarih Dünyası was a popular history magazine published in Istanbul, Turkey, for two periods: between 1950 and 1954 and 1964 and 1965.