Yeditepe (magazine)

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Yeditepe
Editor-in-chiefHüsamettin Bozok
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Frequency
  • Biweekly
  • Monthly
PublisherYeditepe Publications
FounderHüsamettin Bozok
Founded1950
First issue1 April 1950
Final issue1984
Country Turkey
Based in Istanbul
Language Turkish

Yeditepe (Turkish : Seven Hills) was a literary magazine which was published in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1950 to 1984 with a five-year interruption. Its title was a reference to both Istanbul and seven arts or traditional subdivision of the arts. [1] It was one of the opposition media outlets in the 1950s [2] and also, an influential literary magazine during its run. [3]

History and profile

The first issue of Yeditepe appeared in Istanbul on 1 April 1950. [1] The founder and editor of the magazine was Hüsamettin Bozok. [4] It was established based on the literary tradition of the Varlık magazine, but it focused more on the social side of literature. [5]

Yeditepe was published by a company with the same name which was also owned by Bozok. [3] [4] It was started as a four-page biweekly literary journal, and from 1951 its page number was expanded, but its frequency was redesigned as a monthly. [1] The magazine began to appear on a biweekly basis from 1952. [1]

Major contributors of Yeditepe included Orhan Kemal, Yaşar Kemal, Samim Kocagöz, Melih Cevdet Anday, Oktay Rifat, Edip Cansever, and Adnan Özyalçıner. [1] Cemal Süreya's poem Gül (Turkish : Rose) written in a new poetic style was first featured in the magazine. [2] It was the only magazine which published poems of the Garip movement, also known as the First New Movement, and also of the Second New Movement. [1] In Yeditepe various short stories were published. [1] There were frequent articles on existentialism in the magazine between 1960 and 1970 when this philosophical approach was extremely popular in Turkey. [6] The magazine also reported news about art galleries and exhibitions. [7]

Yeditepe ceased publication in 1974 and was restarted in 1979. [4] The magazine permanently folded due to financial problems in 1984 after producing a total of 439 issues. [4]

A poetry prize with the same name was awarded by Hüsamettin Bozok between 1955 and 1967 and between 1976 and 1984. [4]

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