''Kim'' (

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: ''Who?'') was a Turkish language women's magazine existed between 1992 and 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey. The magazine held

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

ideas and values and was among the most popular and best-selling magazines in Turkey during the 1990s.

History and profile

''Kim'' was established in 1992 with the motto "personal is political". The founding company was the AD Publishing.

Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His g ...

was named

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of ''Kim'' in 1993. It featured articles on the

equality of women Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countri ...

, discrimination against women and social gender which were mostly written by Duygu Asena. The readers of the magazine were

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women aged 20-30. Duygu Asena, in an interview, reported that ''Kim'' was very similar to ''

Kadınca ''Kadınca'' (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Womanly'') was a monthly women's magazine published in Istanbul, Turkey, between 1978 and 1998. It played an important role for Turkish feminist movement. It was the first popular feminist women's magazi ...

'' and its continuation. Because both dealt with women-related topics such as relationships, sex, beauty, and fashion. However, Asena also stated that ''Kim'' was more political and addressed younger women unlike ''Kadınca''. Süheyla Kırca also provides some differences between these two magazines indicating that ''Kim'' did not focus on sport,

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and

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which were among the frequent topics in ''Kadınca''. ''Kim'' folded in 1999.

References

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