''Ant'' was a

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political magazine with a socialist leaning that existed between 1967 and 1971. The magazine is one of the socialist publications which appeared in the 1960s when socialist movements were on rise in Turkey like in other countries.

History and profile

''Ant'' was established by Turkish writers, Fethi Naci,

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and

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in 1967. The first issue of the weekly appeared on the 3 January 1967. The journal had 173 issues as a weekly until April 1970. After it was published as a monthly with the name ''Ant - A journal of socialist theory and action'' and had 84, but much smaller pages. Although the magazine was viewed as supportive of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP), it was not an official organ of the party. In the first issue, a socialist stance against the capitalists and landowners was announced. In later issues articles on the theories of Engels, Lenin, Ho Chi Minh or the Palestinian

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were treated. In its first year of the magazines existence, several of its writers like Çetin Altan or

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were brought to court over terrorism related charges. In the early 1970s, ''Ant'' drifted away from TİP. It blamed Mehmet Ali Aybar for the loss in the parliamentary election of 1969 and began advocating the build-up of a new revolutionary party and gradually it began arguing for the urban guerrilla line. The magazine basically targeted workers, villagers and students who took part in the mass social struggle in Turkey also supporting workers strikes. As a monthly its last issue was published in May 1971 when it was closed down in the aftermath of the coup d'état. After the coup ''Ants editors, Doğan Özgüden and Inci Tugsavul, fled to Europe, and founded the

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group.

References

External links

Archive of the magazine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ant 1967 establishments in Turkey 1971 disestablishments in Turkey Defunct political magazines published in Turkey Magazines established in 1967 Magazines disestablished in 1971 Monthly magazines published in Turkey Socialist magazines Turkish-language magazines Weekly magazines published in Turkey