Cep Dergisi (Turkish: The Pocket Magazine) was a monthly literary magazine which was one of the publications founded and published by the Turkish writer Yaşar Nabi Nayır. It was headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. The subtitle of the magazine was Dünyaya Açılan Pencere (Turkish: The window opening up to the world).[1]

Cep Dergisi
Editor-in-chiefYaşar Nabi Nayır
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherVarlık Publications
Founded1966
First issueNovember 1966
Final issueMarch 1969
CountryTurkey
Based inIstanbul
LanguageTurkish

History and profile

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Cep Dergisi was established by Yaşar Nabi Nayır in 1966, and its first issue appeared in November 1966.[2][3] The magazine came out monthly.[4] Its publisher was Varlık Publications which was owned by Nayır.[5] Nayır was also the editor of the magazine.[6] One of its goal was to introduce new trends in Western thought and literature.[5] Therefore, most of its content included examples from contemporary world literature.[2] The magazine featured translations of fiction and non-fiction articles from Western publications.[6] Of them translations of fiction were mostly poems and short stories.[4]

Cep Dergisi folded in March 1969 after producing 29 issues.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fatih Sakallı (July 2018). "Yaşar Nabi Nayır'dan Cumhuriyet Rejimini Köylülere Anlatan Bir Oyun: 'Köyün Namusu'". Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). 15: 132.
  2. ^ a b c "Yaşar Nabi Nayır". varlik.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Atatürkçü Kuşakların yayıncısı". siirparki.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b Fatma Cihan Dansuk (2006). (Un) Bridging the gap: The case of translations from Yugoslav literature into Turkish (1962-2001) (MA thesis). Boğaziçi University. pp. 65, 86.
  5. ^ a b Şehnaz Tahir-Gürçağlar (2015). "Translation as Conveyor: Critical Thought in Turkey in the 1960s" (PDF). Works and Days. 20 (1–2): 254, 269–270. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar (2009). "Translation, Presumed Innocent: Translation and Ideology in Turkey". The Translator. 15 (1): 37–64. doi:10.1080/13556509.2009.10799270.