Review of Turkish and Yeni Gerçek Magazines

Magazines are one of the channels that allow literature to meet both the reader and the writer. In addition, journals are an important mechanism that sheds light on the period in social, political, economic and cultural fields. It contains not only the period of their publication but also the reflections of many events that took place until that period. Because every magazine definitely has a purpose of publication and a mission that serves this purpose. Sometimes this may be a reaction to the current understanding or tradition, and sometimes a note to the future. Therefore, if it can be considered as a whole, it is possible to say that journals are historical documents. Our study includes the Türkçe magazine, which was published between January 1960 and July 1964, and 43 issues, and the Yeni Gerçek magazine, which was published 11 issues between September 1967 and October 1968. In our study, we aimed to reveal the importance of Turkish literature by examining the magazines mentioned. Considering that 1960s is one of the brightest periods in the field of journalism in Turkish literature, the responsibility and importance of our work will emerge. We have tried to conduct our research with the awareness of this responsibility from the very beginning. This study, which we have done about Türkçe and Yeni Gerçek magazine, consists of introduction, first and second sections, conclusion and bibliography. In the introduction part, the political-social conditions and literature-art environments between 1960-1970 are examined and other journals of the period are examined. The first section is devoted to the Türkçe magazine, and the second section to the Yeni Gerçek magazine. The layout features of both journals were examined, systematic analyzes were made and the articles in the journal were evaluated, and the place and importance of the journals in Turkish literature were mentioned. Investigations, debates and special issues made both in Türkçe magazine and Yeni Gerçek magazine contributed to the art and thought field of the period. Translations from Western and World literature also supported this contribution. In this thesis, we have tried to feel the pulse of Turkish literature between 1960-1970 and evaluated the role of magazines in our literature, from the angle of Türkçe and Yeni Gerçek, which opened their pages to the well-known writers and young artists of the period. Keywords: Türkçe Magazine, Yeni Gerçek Magazine, Language Revolution, Kemalism, Socialism, Socialist Realism