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Aydede (magazine)

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Aydede
Cover of Aydede, issue 2
EditorRefik Halit Karay
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyTwice a week
FounderRefik Halit Karay
Founded1922
First issueJanuary 1922
Final issue1949
CountryTurkey
Based inIstanbul
LanguageOttoman Turkish
WebsiteAydede

The Ottoman Turkish satirical magazine Aydede (Ottoman Turkish: آى دده) appeared in a first episode from January to November 1922 twice a week in 90 issues.[1]

Its founder, owner and publisher Refik Halit Karay (1888-1965), a well-known poet and journalist, criticized through the published articles, poems, and caricatures not only the social inconveniences and imbalances within the Turkish society but also the young Turkish republic in general.[2] One of the contributors of Aydede was Ratip Tahir Burak, a well-known Turkish cartoonist.[3] Despite the short period of its publication, the magazine influenced the satirical style of many intellectuals and subsequent satirical magazines, including Akbaba.[2]

In 1922, the publication of the magazine was ceased when Refik Halit was forced by the Turkish Government into exile to Aleppo and Beirut. The reason was Refik Halit's overt opposition to the ongoing Turkish War of Independence.[4] After his return, he published the magazine 1948 and 1949 for another ten months in the second episode in 125 issues, but with little success.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Tobias Heinzelmann (2004). "The Hedgehog as Historian. Linguistic Archaism as a Means of Satire in the Early Work of Refik Halid Karay". In Horst Unbehaun (ed.). The Middle Eastern Press as a Forum for Literature. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. p. 195. ISBN 9783631399309.
  2. ^ a b Gisela Procházka-Eisl. “Aydede”, In: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas and Everett Rowson (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume 3.
  3. ^ Atakan Yılmaz (August 2021). The depiction of the American image in post-war Turkey: Americanization and anti-Americanization in Turkish periodicals (1946-1950) (MA thesis). Middle East Technical University. p. 54. hdl:11511/91667.
  4. ^ "91 yıl sonra Aydede!". Dünya (in Turkish). İstanbul. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ Metin Heper and Nur Bilge Criss (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey, Plymouth: Scarecrow Press, p. 28.