Editor | Sedat Simavi |
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Categories | General interest magazine |
Frequency | Weekly |
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Founder | Sedat Simavi |
Founded | 1933 |
First issue | 15 March 1933 |
Final issue | 1950 |
Country | Turkey |
Based in | Istanbul |
Language | Turkish |
Yedigün ( Turkish: Seven Days) was a weekly illustrated general interest magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 in Istanbul. It was one of the first publications in its category in Turkey. Sedat Simavi, a prominent Turkish journalist, was the founder and editor of the magazine of which the motto was Yedigün is the ornament of each home. [1]
Yedigün was first published on 15 March 1933, and its founder and editor was Sedat Simavi. [2] [3] Sadri Etem Ertem was the founding publisher and owner of the magazine until 1937 when Simavi acquired it. [3] Ertem designed Yedigün as a family-oriented magazine, [3] targeting the Westernized elites, intellectuals, the bureaucrats and those living in cities. [2] However, from 1937 Yedigün began to target youth and young adolescents. [3] Then, the magazine was modeled on the German weekly Die Woche ( German: The week) and the French magazine 7 Jour ( French: Seven Days). [3] It was published in broad format and covered both color and black and white pages. [4]
Yedigün became one of the most popular publications and enjoyed higher levels of circulation selling 54,000 copies particularly in the period 1937–1948. [2] [3] It was one of two publications which represented the Republic of Turkey at the Balkan Print and Publication Congress portraying the urban modernism in 1938. [3] The other one was Yeni Adam ( Turkish: New Man) which displayed the rural modernism in Turkey. [3]
Yedigün was closed down by Sedat Simavi in 1950 after producing 911 issues. [4]
Yedigün had a wide range of contributors, including Ercüment Ekrem Talu, Nurullah Ataç, Peyami Safa, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Cemal Nadir Güler and Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın. [2] [3] The magazine published articles on politics, travel and relationships focusing on modernity and interviews with notable figures of the period. [5] Yedigün published an interview with Seniha Hanım, wife of Cemal Paşa, in 1934. [6]
The magazine presented a modernist projection for the Turkish family and home decor. [1] [7] In addition, it frequently featured short stories and novels, including Sedat Simavi's work, namely Nankörlerin Romanı ( Turkish: The Novel of the Ungrateful; 1933). [4] Halide Edib Adıvar's novel Yolpalas Cinayeti ( Turkish: Yolpalas Murder) was serialized in Yedigün between 12 August and 21 October 1936 before its publication. [4]