Democracy and humor: Sample of Akbaba Journal

Humor is the social, cultural, economic and social values of societies; taking briefly every aspect, it makes people laugh and think. One of the limitations of this study is political humor, which criticizes social and political events. This critical stance is related to the development of democracy. In this study; In order to show the attitudes of the humor and the events in the periods determined as the breaking points of the development of Turkish democracy, examples of humor that are thought to tell the best of the periods mentioned are included. In the literature review of the study, it was observed that there was no comprehensive study explaining the relationship between humor and democracy. In this sense, it is important to guide the future studies. The periodical limitation of the study was determined as the case of Akbaba Journal published in 1945-1980. There are certainly many aspects of democracy. In this study, humor window overlooks the adventure of democracy politics of the Republic of Turkey. Key Words: Democracy, Humor, Akbaba Magazine