Ittihad newspaper as the publication of committee of union and progress in Izmir

The period of Istibdat, run for 30 years in when the field of press as well many other fields heavily felt under pressure, ended with the declaration of a new Constitution for the second time in 1908. The freedom environment that emerged afterwards manifested itself especially in the field of press, and allowed countless newspapers and magazines to start broadcasting for the first time under the shadow of a changing political climate. The Ittihad newspaper started its life of newspaper (on October 8, 1908) as the publication body of the Committee of Union and Progress in Izmir during this new context of freedom and made it their principle to act as the spokesman for the committee. The newspaper continued this mission until its 142nd edition (on April 3, 1909), and abandoned this mission after the change of administration, adopting an approach based on ideological independence. In this dissertation, the opinions, attitudes and the approaches of the Committee of Union and Progress towards the events during that period were investigated through the analysis of its first 142 editions by the newspaper, emerged as the spokesman of the committee. In addition Ittihad, following the negative consequences of the Istibad regime, the contributions of the committee to the social and political transformation during their rule in power were examined in details. It emerges that the newspaper acted in accordance with the views of the Committee of Union and Progress and defended its policies for a long time. It turns out that their publication policy was based on the idea of "Ottomanism" originated from the concepts of "Freedom", "Equality", "Brotherhood" and "Justice" modelled by the Committee of Union and Progress. The dissertation concludes that in the first 142 editions, the Ittihad newspaper fulfilled the requirements of their mission to act as the spokesman of the Committee of Union and Progress without exception, and under the shadow of the freedom environment by the new constitution, they gave journalistic supported for the political activities initiated by the Committee of Union and Progress with the name of political and social transformation in Izmir case. Keywords: Press, Ittihad Newspaper, II. Constitutionalism, The Comittee of Union and Progress, Izmir.