''Yeni Dünya'' (Ottoman Turkish: ''New World'') was an Ottoman Turkish language communist journal which existed between 1918 and 1921 in Soviet Russia and Transcaucasia. It is known for its founder and editor,

Mustafa Subhi Mustafa Suphi or Mustafa Subhi (1883 – 28 January 1921) was a Turkish revolutionary and communist during the period of dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Suphi was born in 1883 in Giresun Province, in the Ottoman Empire, now lo ...

. The journal was instrumental in gathering together the first generation of Turkish communist figures.

History and profile

''Yeni Dünya'' was established in Moscow by Mustafa Subhi who was a political exile and would be the founder of the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

. Its first issue appeared on 27 April 1918. The first seven issues of the journal were published by the Central Bureau of Muslim Socialists which was an organ of the

Russian Communist Party Communist Party of Russia might refer to: * Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, founded in 1898 – the forerunner of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) * Communist Party of the Soviet Union, formally established in 1912 and known origina ...

. The publisher became the Turkish Socialist Communists Party from the eighth issue dated 7 September 1918. Its publisher changed later, too. The journal was edited by Mustafa Subhi. Its headquarters moved from Moscow to Bağçasaray and then to

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. ''Yeni Dünya'' did not manage to gain popularity among the members of the Russian Communist Party who described it as reflecting "exclusively the moods and opinions of the petty bourgeois intelligentsia." The journal folded in 1921 after producing 67 issues. It was succeeded by another journal entitled ''Kızıl Şark'' (Turkish: ''Red East'').

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