Yeni Gündem

Yeni Gündem
Editor-in-chiefMurat Belge
Former editorsNihat Tuna
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherBirikim Publishers
Founded1984
First issue1 May 1984
Final issue1989
CountryTurkey
Based inIstanbul
LanguageTurkish

Yeni Gündem (Turkish: New Agenda) was a weekly political magazine which appeared between 1984 and 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey. It was started by a group of leftist intellectuals, including Murat Belge.

History and profile

Yeni Gündem was established by a group of leftist figures such as Murat Belge in 1984 four years after their publication entitled Birikim was banned by the military government.[1][2] However, Yeni Gündem was totally different from Birikim which produced theoretical discussions and arguments.[1] Instead, Yeni Gündem was a practice-oriented weekly, but both publications adhered to socialism.[1]

The first issue of Yeni Gündem appeared on 1 May 1984.[3] The magazine was published by Birikim Publications.[4] Its founding editor-in-chief was Nihat Tuna.[4] Murat Belge replaced Tuna as editor-in-chief in 1986 and served in the post until 1989.[5] Its 19 March 1987 issue was confiscated by the Turkish government led by Turgut Özal.[6] Yeni Gündem folded in 1989.[1]

Content and contributors

The focus of Yeni Gündem was on the future rather than the past like other publications which were started in the early 1980s.[7] It covered articles on democratization and opposed to the government's activities.[1] Its content also included articles on feminism, social gender, the Kurdish question, non-Muslim minorities, and homosexuality which were relatively new topics among the leftist groups in Turkey.[2] The Kurdish question was analyzed in depth in the 15–21 March 1987 issue of Yeni Gündem which was one of the first non-official treatments of the topics.[8]

One of the leading contributors of Yeni Gündem was İdris Küçükömer.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Eylem Akdeniz (2011). The Democrat as a Social Type: the Case of Turkey in the 1990s (PhD thesis). Bilkent University. pp. 111–112. ISBN 979-8-209-95486-6. ProQuest 2652596120.
  2. ^ a b Şenol Durgun (2015). "Left-Wing Politics in Turkey: Its Development and Problems". Arab Studies Quarterly. 37 (1): 24–25. doi:10.13169/arabstudquar.37.1.0009.
  3. ^ Selçuk Oktay (2009). 12 Eylül sonrası solun teorik kurgusu içerisinde Yeni Gündem dergisinin yeri (MA thesis) (in Turkish). Yıldız Technical University.
  4. ^ a b "Neden "İletişim" var?" (in Turkish). Birikim Publications. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Akademik kadro. Murat Belge" (in Turkish). Istanbul Bilgi University. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  6. ^ Lois Whitman (1989). Paying the Price: Freedom of Expression in Turkey. New York: Helsinki Watch. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-929692-15-9.
  7. ^ Şahin Filiz; Tahir Uluç (2006). "Contemporary Turkish Thought". In Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. p. 28. doi:10.1002/9780470996188. hdl:11693/50902. ISBN 978-1-4051-7848-8.
  8. ^ Michael M. Gunter (1988). "The Kurdish Problem in Turkey". The Middle East Journal. 42 (3): 405. JSTOR 4327776.
  9. ^ Deniz Yoldaş (2019). ""Westernization and Alienation of the State/Social Order": A Pseudo-Scientific Fairy-tale of Turkish Islamists". Anthropological Researches and Studies. 9 (9): 132. doi:10.26758/9.1.13.