Yedigün (Turkish: Seven Days) was a weekly illustrated general interest magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 in Istanbul. It was one of the first publications in its category in Turkey. Sedat Simavi, a prominent Turkish journalist, was the founder and editor of the magazine of which the motto was Yedigün is the ornament of each home.[1]
| Editor | Sedat Simavi |
|---|---|
| Categories | General interest magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher |
|
| Founder | Sedat Simavi |
| Founded | 1933 |
| First issue | 15 March 1933 |
| Final issue | 1950 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Based in | Istanbul |
| Language | Turkish |
History and profile edit
Yedigün was first published on 15 March 1933, and its founder and editor was Sedat Simavi.[2][3] Sadri Etem Ertem was the founding publisher and owner of the magazine until 1937 when Simavi acquired it.[3] Ertem designed Yedigün as a family-oriented magazine,[3] targeting the Westernized elites, intellectuals, the bureaucrats and those living in cities.[2] However, from 1937 Yedigün began to target youth and young adolescents.[3] Then, the magazine was modeled on the German weekly Die Woche (German: The week) and the French magazine 7 Jour (French: Seven Days).[3] It was published in broad format and covered both color and black and white pages.[4]
Yedigün became one of the most popular publications and enjoyed higher levels of circulation selling 54,000 copies particularly in the period 1937–1948.[2][3] It was one of two publications which represented the Republic of Turkey at the Balkan Print and Publication Congress portraying the urban modernism in 1938.[3] The other one was Yeni Adam (Turkish: New Man) which displayed the rural modernism in Turkey.[3]
Yedigün was closed down by Sedat Simavi in 1950 after producing 911 issues.[4]
Content and contributors edit
Yedigün had a wide range of contributors, including Ercüment Ekrem Talu, Nurullah Ataç, Peyami Safa, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Cemal Nadir Güler and Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın.[2][3] The magazine published articles on politics, travel and relationships focusing on modernity and interviews with notable figures of the period.[5] Yedigün published an interview with Seniha Hanım, wife of Cemal Paşa, in 1934.[6]
The magazine presented a modernist projection for the Turkish family and home decor.[1][7] In addition, it frequently featured short stories and novels, including Sedat Simavi's work, namely Nankörlerin Romanı (Turkish: The Novel of the Ungrateful; 1933).[4] Halide Edib Adıvar's novel Yolpalas Cinayeti (Turkish: Yolpalas Murder) was serialized in Yedigün between 12 August and 21 October 1936 before its publication.[4]
References edit
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- ^ a b c d Camilla Trud Nereid (July 2012). "Domesticating Modernity: The Turkish Magazine "Yedigün", 1933—9". Journal of Contemporary History. 47 (3): 486–487, 497. doi:10.1177/0022009412441651. JSTOR 23249003. S2CID 159700129.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sinan Niyazioğlu (2019). "Socialist Realist or Republican Nationalist? Two Faces of Art Deco on Turkish Popular Magazine Covers (1930-1939)". InfoDesign: Revista Brasileira de Design da Informação. 16 (2): 266, 271–275. doi:10.51358/id.v16i2.729. S2CID 202298917.
- ^ a b c d Börte Sagaster (2018). "'Cheers to the New Life' – Five Turkish serial novels of the 1930s in the popular magazine Yedigün". In Börte Sagaster; Theoharis Stavrides; Birgitt Hoffmann (eds.). Press and Mass Communication in the Middle East: Festschrift for Martin Strohmeier. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. pp. 267–286. doi:10.20378/irbo-50016. ISBN 978-3-86309-527-7.
- ^ Pınar Şahin; Sinan Mert Şener (July 2021). "A review on changing housing approaches and media contents in Turkey: 1930-1980 period". A/Z: ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture. 18 (2): 434. doi:10.5505/itujfa.2021.38243. S2CID 237997104.
- ^ Nevzat Artuç (2020). "Mustafa Kemal Paşa'nın Cemal Paşa Ailesine Sahip Çıkması". SDU Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish) (51): 47–60.
- ^ Gülsüm Baydar (2002). "Tenuous boundaries: women, domesticity and nationhood in 1930s Turkey". The Journal of Architecture. 7 (3): 233. doi:10.1080/13602360210155429. hdl:11693/38203. S2CID 144871906.