''Yurt ve Dünya'' ( Turkish: ''Homeland and the World'') was a sociological and political magazine which was headquartered first in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

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 people, Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Early life He was born in 1907 in Ardino, Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the San ...

, Niyazi Berkes, Behice Boran 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 Öztü ...

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. ''Yurt ve Dünya'' focused on sociological analyses of the rural society following the views of Turkish sociologist

Ziya Gökalp Mehmet Ziya Gökalp (born Mehmed Ziya, 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 ...

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 ...

. One of the contributors to articles about

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was

Mediha Esenel Mediha Esenel (1914 – 2005) was a Turkish sociologist, writer and journalist. She was a faculty member of Ankara University until January 1947 when she resigned from her teaching post during the purge of leftist academics. Early life and educa ...

. ''Yurt ve Dünya'' also featured poems, short stories and critical articles on film industry in Turkey. ''Yurt ve Dünya'' was banned by the Turkish authorities in March 1944 due to its alleged leftist leaning without any legal process. Total number of the contributors of ''Yurt ve Dünya'' in the first period was nearly sixty-seven. Most of them were academics at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

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

under the ownership of Behice Boran and was affiliated with Workers' Party of Turkey. It folded in March 1980 after producing 20 issues. Some issues of the magazine are archived by TUSTAV.

References

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