''Ortam'' (

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: ''Setting'') was a weekly political magazine in Istanbul, Turkey, between April and November 1971. Founded immediately after the

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on 12 March 1971 the magazine was one of the oppositional publications in the country. The editors and contributors of the magazine included many significant Turkish journalists, including

Mümtaz Soysal Osman Mümtaz Soysal (15 September 1929 – 11 November 2019) was a Turkish professor of constitutional law, political scientist, politician, human rights activist, ex-prisoner of conscience, senior advisor, columnist, and author. Soysal served ...

Muammer Aksoy Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish academic of law, politician, columnist and intellectual. He was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Antalya Province Antalya Province ( tr, ) is located on the ...

and

Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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among others.

History and profile

''Ortam'' was established by Kemal Bisalman and first published in April 1971. The headquarters of the magazine was in

Cağaloğlu Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient hamam, or Turkish bath, known as the Cağaloğlu Hamam. Name The ...

, Istanbul. The magazine was published by Vatan Publishing company on a weekly basis on Saturdays. The founding editor-in-chief was Mümtaz Soysal. He was arrested by the military authorities after the publication of the second issue, and ''Ortam'' did not appear until June 1971 when it was published under the editorship of Muammer Aksoy. He was also arrested following the tenth issue of ''Ortam''. After this the post of editor-in-chief was not mentioned in the masthead of the magazine. Three influential Turkish journalists, namely Uğur Mumcu, Aydın Engin and Osman Ulagay, started their journalistic career in ''Ortam''. Uğur Mumcu served as the bureau chief of the magazine in Ankara. İlhami Soysal, Nimet Arzık,

Refik Erduran Ahmet Refik Erduran (February 13, 1928 – January 7, 2017) was a Turkish playwright, columnist and writer. He wrote thirty plays and eight books, and was a columnist for twenty years; he was named "The Most Successful Playwright" by the Turkish M ...

, Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu and Ali Sirmen were other contributors of the magazine. In November 1971 from the nineteenth issue the magazine was renamed ''Yeni Ortam'' (Turkish: ''New Setting'') and produced four issues under this title before ceasing publication on 29 November 1971. During its lifetime the magazine sold nearly 35,000 copies. The founder, Kemal Bisalman, launched a daily newspaper with the same name which was first published on 11 September 1972.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortam 1971 establishments in Turkey 1971 disestablishments in Turkey Censorship in Turkey Defunct political magazines published in Turkey Magazines established in 1971 Magazines disestablished in 1971 Magazines published in Istanbul Turkish-language magazines Weekly magazines published in Turkey