''Ulus'' was a Turkish newspaper published between 1934–1971 in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey, with some interruptions.

Naming

''Ulus'' means "nation" in Turkish. It was owned and published by the Republican People's Party (CHP) which was founded by Turkish nationalists during the

Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...

in the 1920s.

History

First term

''Ulus'' was founded on 29 November 1934 as a successor to '' Hakimiyet-i Milliye''. It was owned by the CHP. After the party was defeated in the 1950 elections, the new ruling party, Democrat Party decided to expropriate all property CHP owned on the ground that the property had been acquired during the single-party regime (1923–1945). On 17 December 1953, the infrastructure of the newspaper such as the building and the publishing equipment was expropriated and the newspaper was closed.

Second term

Although the newspaper was closed, the party still owned the royalty, but because of financial problems, ''Ulus'' could not be published for one and a half years. During this period

Nihat Erim İsmail Nihat Erim (30 November 1912 – 19 July 1980) was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th Prime Minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assassinated by the Revolutionar ...

a member of the party (and a future

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

) published his own newspaper (named ''Yeni Ulus'' and later ''Halkçı'') as a replacement. Finally on 10 June 1955 ''Ulus'' began its second publishing term. One of the contributors was Hüsnü A. Göksel between 1961 and 1963 who also served as its correspondent while studying in the USA in the late 1950s.

Aftermath

In 1971, CHP sold the newspaper to a publisher who changed the name of the newspaper to ''Barış''. In 2008 it was renamed as ''Ulus''.Ulus page
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References

{{Reflist Republican People's Party (Turkey) Turkish-language newspapers Publications established in 1934 Publications disestablished in 1971 Defunct daily newspapers 1934 establishments in Turkey 1971 disestablishments in Turkey Defunct newspapers published in Turkey Mass media in Ankara Daily newspapers published in Turkey