Publication policy of siirt "Mücadele" Newspaper in the historical process (1964-1999)

In many areas arrangements were made in the Ottoman Empire during the Tanzimat Period. One of the arrangements was the transition from the state system to the province system with the regulations of 1864. After the establishment of provinces, printing houses were opened and official "provincial newspapers" were published on behalf of the governorship. However, these newspapers were not given enough importance and due to the repressive regime of Abdulhamid II, the newspapers did not perform their functions between the years 1878-1908. When the War of Independence period was reached, local newspapers became very important. In this period, the newspapers of İrade-i Milliye and Hâkimiyet-i Milliye became the voices of Anatolia. There has been an increase in the number of local newspapers in the period of Republic of Turkey. One of these newspapers was the newspaper "Mücadele" which was published in Siirt in 1964. The newspaper Mücadele was founded by Cumhur Kılıççıoğlu and has been published until today. In this study, while trying to determine the publishing policy of the newspaper, every issue of the newspaper has been carefully analyzed. When we analyze the news in the newspaper, we can learn about Siirt's culture, socio-economic structure, Siirt's problems in every field, education, health status. In addition, various information about the press in Siirt and the history of Siirt can be found the newspaper. In this thesis study, the news presented about these issues were evaluated by considering the publication date. Key words: Siirt, Press, The Newspaper Mücadele, Cumhur Kılıççıoğlu