''Yurt ve Dünya'' (

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: ''Homeland and the World'') was a sociological and political magazine which was headquartered first in

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and then in

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. It was first published in the period between 1941 and 1944 and then between 1977 and 1980. It is known for its well-known editors and contributors, including

Sabahattin Ali Sabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Early life He was born in 1907 in Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the Sanjak of Gümülcine (no ...

Niyazi Berkes Niyazi Berkes (21 October 1908 – 18 December 1988) was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Early life and education Berkes was born in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, on 21 September 1908, shortly after the Young Turk Revolution in Turkey.

Behice Boran Behice Boran (1 May 1910 – 10 October 1987) was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military ...

and

Pertev Naili Boratav Pertev Naili Boratav, born Mustafa Pertev (September 2, 1907 – March 16, 1998) was a Turkish folklorist and researcher of folk literature. He has been characterized as 'the founding father of Turkish folkloristics during the Republic'.Arzu Öztür ...

History and profile

''Yurt ve Dünya'' was started by Adnan Cemgil and Niyazi Berkes as a monthly in Ankara in 1941, and its first issue appeared in January that year. Its directors included Adnan Cemgil, Pertev Naili Boratav and Behice Boran. The latter was also its founding editor-in-chief. The magazine focused on sociological analyses of the rural society following the views of Turkish sociologist

Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("cel ...

and French sociologist

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (; April 11, 1806 – April 5, 1882) was a French engineer, sociologist and economist. Life The son of a custom-house official, Le Play was educated at the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines. He t ...

. One of the contributors to articles about

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was Mediha Esenel. Total number of the contributors of ''Yurt ve Dünya'' in the first period was nearly sixty-seven. It also featured poems and short stories. The magazine was banned by the Turkish authorities in March 1944 due to its alleged leftist leaning without any legal process. It produced a total of forty-two issues during its run. Behice Boran argued in an interview with the Turkish journalist

Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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in 1986 that her articles led to the government pressure on and the closure of both ''

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'' and ''Yurt ve Dünya'' in 1944. In 1977 ''Yurt ve Dünya'' was restarted in

under the ownership of Behice Boran and was affiliated with

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. It folded in March 1980 after producing 20 issues. Some issues of the magazine are archived by TUSTAV.

References

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