Type (Daily) Founded 29 Nov.,1934 | Political alignment Kemalist | |
Owner(s) Republican People's Party (CHP) | ||
Naming
Ulus means "nation" in Turkish. It was owned and published by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) which was founded by Turkish nationalists during the Turkish War of Independence in 1920s. Ulus replaced the former newspaper Hakimiyet-i Milliye.
First term
Ulus was founded on 29 November 1934. It was owned by the CHP. After the party was defeated in the 1950 elections, the new ruling party, Democrat Party decided to expropriate all property CHP owned on the ground that the property had been acquired during the single-party regime (1923–1945). On 17 December 1953, the infrastructure of the newspaper such as the building and the publishing equipment was expropriated and the newspaper was closed.
Second term
Although the newspaper was closed, the party still owned the royalty. But because of financial problems Ulus couldn't be published for one and half year. During this period Nihat Erim a member of the party (and a future prime minister) published his own newspaper (named Yeni Ulus and later Halkçı) as a replacement. Finally on 10 June 1955 Ulus began its second publishing term.
Aftermath
In 1971 CHP sold the newspaper to a publisher who changed the name of the newspaper to Barış. In 2008 Barış was renamed as Ulus.