''İnsan'' () was a cultural magazine which existed in Istanbul, Turkey, between 1938 and 1942. It was one of the journals started and edited by Hilmi Ziya Ülken who is one of the notable thinkers in Turkey.

History and profile

''İnsan'' was first published on 15 April 1938. Its founders included Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Celaleddin Ezine,

Sabahattin Eyüboğlu Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (1908 – 13 January 1973) was a Turkish writer, essayist, translator and film producer. Biography Sabahatttin Eyüboğlu was born in 1908 on the Black Sea coast town of Akçaabat near Trabzon in a family with five ch ...

, Muzaffer Şerif and

Nurullah Ataç Nurullah Ataç (21 August 1898 – 17 May 1957) was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic. Life He was born on 21 August 1898 in Istanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Galatasaray High School and the Faculty o ...

. The magazine was headquartered in Istanbul. It was edited by Ülken until its closure in August 1943.

Content and contributors

''İnsan'' featured articles on philosophy, sociology, legal topics and literature. It also covered Turkish translation of the work by the following figures:

Romain Rolland Romain Rolland (; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and Mysticism, mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary pro ...

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...

Jules Romains Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cyc ...

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and Education reform, educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. The overridi ...

Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the ...

Georges Duhamel Georges Duhamel may refer to: * Georges Duhamel (politician) (1855–1892), Canadian lawyer and political * Georges Duhamel (footballer) (1879–), French footballer * Georges Duhamel (author) (1884–1966), French author {{DEFAULTSORT:Duha ...

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

and

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( ; ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (''Man's Fate'') (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed ...

. The magazine had a wide range of contributors, including

Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu (; or Ahmet Akif Agaoglu (December 1869, Shusha – May 19, 1939, Istanbul) was a public and political figure of Azerbaijan and Turkey, thinker, publicist, educator, writer, Turkologist, and ...

, Mustafa Şekip Tunç,

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 Öztü ...

Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1911 – 21 September 1975) was a Turkish people, Turkish Painting, painter, mosaic-maker, muralist, writer and poet. His art work was inspired by Anatolian village scenes and folk literature, and included traditional ha ...

, Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil,

Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born Ahmet Âgâh; 2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), known by the pen name ''Yahya Kemal'', was a Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat. Early life and education Yahya Kemal was born Ahmet Âgâh on 2 December ...

Ahmet Muhip Dıranas Ahmet Muhip Dıranas (1909 – 27 June 1980) was a leading Turkish poet and writer. Biography He was born in Sinop, Ottoman Empire in 1909. Having completed his primary education in Sinop, he moved to Ankara and graduated from Ankara High Schoo ...

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; 4 October 1911 – 13 October 1956) was a Turkish poet and author from Türkiye. Identified with the poem "Otuz Beş Yaş", Tarancı adhered to the understanding of "art for art's sake". He mostly ...

, Nusret Kürkçüoğlu,

Orhan Veli Kanık Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (13 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. He was one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Life Childhood and education Orhan Veli Kanık ...

Suut Kemal Yetkin Suut Kemal Yetkin (13 September 1903, Urfa – 18 April 1980), was a Turkish academician, writer, essayist, university administrator. Biography He was the congressman of Urfa in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1st Term). His father was ...

Cahit Külebi Cahit Külebi (20 December 1917, in Tokat – 20 June 1997, in Ankara) was a leading Turkish people, Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is ...

, Hasan İzzettin Dinamo,

Sait Faik Sait or SAIT may refer to: People * Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), Turkish writer * Talât Sait Halman (1931–2014), Turkish poet * Sait Idrizi (born 1990), Slovenian footballer * Mehmed Said Pasha (1838–1914), Ottoman statesman * Musta ...

Asaf Halet Çelebi Asaf Halet Çelebi (27 December 1907 – 15 October 1958) was a Turkish mystical poet. Although not very widely known, due to his erudite and often foreign-influenced style, he is considered to be Turkey's first surrealist poet. Biography ...

Samim Kocagöz Samim Kocagöz (born 13 February 1916, Söke – 5 September 1993, İzmir), was a Turkish novelist. Biography He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature in 1942. Between 1942 an ...

Cahit Tanyol Hüseyin Cahit Tanyol (1914 – 11 August 2020) was a Turkish writer, poet, and sociologist, often regarded as the father of Turkish sociology. Early life and education Hüseyin Cahit was born in 1914 in the town of Nezib, then located in the v ...

, Hüsamettin Bozok,

Cemil Meriç Hüseyin Cemil Meriç (December 12, 1916 – June 13, 1987) was a Turkish writer and translator who wrote various articles in social sciences and contributed to Turkish literature with his twelve books in the twentieth century. Early life He ...

Abidin Dino Abidin Dino (23 March 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter. Early years Dino was born on 23 March 1913 in Istanbul into an art-loving family. He was grandchild of Abidin Pasha Dino (he is named after him), an ...

, Burhan Arpad,

Rıfat Ilgaz Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet. He became especially known for his novel "Hababam Sınıfı". He maintained a socialist line both in his writings and in his personal life. His magazine work, which ...

, Salah Birsel,

İlhan Berk İlhan Berk (18 November 1918 – 28 August 2008) was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed, "İkinci Yeni"; ''"The second new generation"'') and was very influential among Turkish ...

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

, İhsan Devrim, and Ziya Osman Saba.

References

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