''Yedigün'' () was a weekly illustrated general interest magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 in Istanbul. It was one of the first publications in its category in Turkey.
Sedat Simavi
Sedat Simavi (1896 – 11 December 1953) was a Turkish journalist, writer and film director. He established many newspapers and magazines.
Biography
Simavi was born in 1896. His grandfather and uncles served in different positions in the of ...
, a prominent Turkish journalist, was the founder and editor of the magazine of which the motto was ''Yedigün is the ornament of each home''.
History and profile
''Yedigün'' was first published on 15 March 1933, and its founder and editor was Sedat Simavi.
[ Sadri Etem Ertem was the founding publisher and owner of the magazine until 1937 when Simavi acquired it.][ Ertem designed ''Yedigün'' as a family-oriented magazine,][ targeting the Westernized elites, intellectuals, the ]bureaucrat
A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government.
The term ''bureaucrat'' derives from "bureaucracy", wh ...
s and those living in cities.[ However, from 1937 ''Yedigün'' began to target youth and young adolescents.][ Then, the magazine was modeled on the German weekly '']Die Woche
' (, 'The Week') was an illustrated weekly newspaper published in Berlin from 1899 to 1944.
Overview
''Die Woche'' reported on popular entertainment, including "sensationalist crime stories", and covered celebrities in sports and show business ...
'' () and the French magazine ''7 Jour'' ().[ It was published in broad format and covered both color and black and white pages.][
''Yedigün'' became one of the most popular publications and enjoyed higher levels of circulation selling 54,000 copies particularly in the period 1937–1948.][ It was one of two publications which represented the Republic of Turkey at the Balkan Print and Publication Congress portraying the urban modernism in 1938.][
''Yedigün'' was closed down by Sedat Simavi in 1950 after producing 911 issues.]
Content and contributors
''Yedigün'' had a wide range of contributors, including Ercüment Ekrem Talu, Nurullah Ataç, 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 ...
, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (March 14, 1887 in Istanbul – May 3, 1963 in Istanbul) was a Turkish people, Turkish writer.
He spent his childhood in Rumeli Hisarı and studied at the Galatasaray High School and later political sciences in Paris. B ...
, Cemal Nadir Güler and Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın.[ The magazine published articles on politics, travel and relationships focusing on modernity and interviews with notable figures of the period. ''Yedigün'' published an interview with Seniha Hanım, wife of Cemal Paşa, in 1934.][ ]Halide Edib Adıvar
Halide Edip Adıvar ( , sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, teacher, and a nationalist and Feminism, feminist intellectual. She was best known for her novels criticiz ...
's novel ''Yolpalas Cinayeti'' () was serialized in ''Yedigün'' between 12 August and 21 October 1936 before its publication.[
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References
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