Türk (magazine)

Türk was one of the publications published by Ali Kemal, a member of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). It was based in Cairo and existed between 1903 and 1907.

Türk
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderAli Kemal
Founded1903
First issue5 November 1903
Final issue28 November 1907
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageOttoman Turkish

History and profile

Türk was established by Ali Kemal, a CUP member living in Cairo.[1] Its first issue appeared on 5 November that year.[2][3] Ali Kemal also edited the magazine which was headquartered in Cairo and came out weekly.[1][4] It had a nationalist political stance[5][6] and opposed the rule of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.[4] Its goals were to secure the rights of the Turks, to revive Turkish ideals and to advocate Turkish nationalism as an ideology.[6]

Notable contributors of Türk included Serafeddin Mağmumi, Necmeddin Arif, Esad Bey, and Celaleddin Bey.[6] Yusuf Akçura's article entitled Üç Tarz-ı Siyaset (Ottoman Turkish: Three political systems) was serialized in the magazine from 24th to 26th issues between April and May 1904.[1][4] He argued that the Ottomanism, Islamism and Turkism are three necessary components in establishing an Ottoman nation, an Islamic unity and a race-based Turkish nationalism.[4][7] Ali Kemal criticized the Akçura's proposal in an editorial entitled Cevabımız (Ottoman Turkish: Our reply), claiming that he was just a dreamer.[4][8] Ahmet Ferit also published an article in the weekly in regard to the views of Akçura criticizing Ali Kemal's arguments and supporting Akçura's emphasis on Ottomanism.[4][8] The last issue of Türk was published on 28 November 1907, and the weekly produced a total of 187 issues during its existence.[2]

References
  1. Önder Mezili (2016). 1903-1907 yılları arasında Kahire'de yayınlanan Türk Gazetesi'ne göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde yaşanan siyasi gelişmeler (MA thesis) (in Turkish). İnönü University.
  2. Önder Mezili (2021). "Osmanlı Aydınlarından Ali Kemal'in Türk Gazetesi ve Gazetenin Yayın Anlayışına Dair Bir Değerlendirme". İçtimaiyat (in Turkish). 5 (2): 350. doi:10.33709/ictimaiyat.958739. S2CID 240527408.
  3. M. Şükrü Hanioglu (2001). Preparation for a Revolution: The Young Turks, 1902-1908. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-19-977111-0.
  4. Kadir Aras (2022). "Book review". Kırklareli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi (in Turkish). 11 (1): 266–269.
  5. Marc David Baer (2009). The Dönme. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 92. doi:10.1515/9780804772563. ISBN 9780804772563.
  6. Murat Yaşar (2014). "Learning the Ropes: The Young Turk Perception of the 1905 Russian Revolution". Middle Eastern Studies. 50 (1): 115. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.849694.
  7. Renée Worringer (2014). Ottomans Imagining Japan. East, Middle East, and Non-Western Modernity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 189. doi:10.1057/9781137384607. ISBN 978-1-137-38460-7.
  8. Hakan Yavuz (July 1993). "Nationalism and Islam: Yusuf Akçura and Üç Tarz-ı Siyaset". Journal of Islamic Studies. 4 (2): 196. doi:10.1093/jis/4.2.175. JSTOR 26195511.
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