''Süs'' () was an illustrated weekly women's magazine published in Istanbul, Turkey, for one year between 1923 and 1924. Its subtitle was ''Haftalık Edebi Hanım Mecmuası'' (). It was known for being the first women's magazine of the newly established Republic of Turkey.

History and profile

''Süs'' was first published in Istanbul on 16 June 1923. The magazine was edited by Mehmed Rauf and published by the Tanin publishing house on a weekly basis. Hüseyin Remzi was its managing director. ''Süs'' contained 16 pages and featured articles on women-related topics printed in the Ottoman Turkish. Each week the magazine reported news about worldwide women's movement and about fashion.

Abdullah Cevdet Abdullah Cevdet Bey (‎9 September 1869 – 29 November 1932) was a Young Turk intellectual and physician of Kurdish origin. He was one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and wrote articles with pen name of "Bir Kür ...

published an article in 1924 on family life in Britain and in other European countries emphasizing their attitudes towards childhood. The magazine also serialized novels written by Mehmet Rauf and others. The cover designs of the magazine were very attractive. The cover of the first issue featured

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. In the following issues well-known Turkish women were featured in the cover of the magazine, including

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, spouse of

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. Various notable writers contributed to ''Süs'', including

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, Musahipzade Celal,

Suat Derviş Suat Derviş (1905–1972) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, and political activist, who was among the founders of the Socialist Women’s Association in 1970. Family and early career Suat Derviş was born in 1905 in Istanbul into an aristocra ...

, Ahmet Haşim,

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, Cenâb Şehâbeddîn,

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish people, Turkish poet, author and later politician. He is one of the Five Syllabists. Together with Behçet Kemal Çağlar, he wrote the lyrics of the Tenth Anniver ...

Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver (1885 – 10 June 1966) was a highly influential Turkish people, Turkish poet, intellectual, diplomat and politician. He adopted his surname Tanrıöver after the Turkish Surname Law was enacted in 1934. Life He was ...

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (13 May 1869 – 14 January 1944) was a Turkish people, Turkish Turkish nationalism, nationalist writer, poet and politician. Being an ideologue of Pan-Turkism, his writings and poems had a major impact on defining the term ' ...

Peyami Safa Peyami Safa (April 2, 1899 – June 15, 1961) was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as ''Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu'' (Ninth E ...

, Ruşen Eşref,

Süleyman Nazif Süleyman Nazif (;‎ 29 January 1870 – 4 January 1927) was a Turkish poet and a prominent member of the CUP. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages and worked as a civil servant during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He c ...

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, Faik Ali Ozansoy, Celal Sahir Erozan, Selahaddin Enis, and

Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (7 December 1874 – 18 October 1957) was a prominent Turkish theorist, writer, and politician. He is famous for having been a dissident journalist, who was put on trial and punished due to his political newspaper columns ...

. ''Süs'' folded after the publication of the issue dated 26 July 1924. It produced a total of fifty-five issues during its run.

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