Editor-in-chief Doğan Avcıoğlu Frequency Weekly First issue 20 December 1961 | Categories Political magazine Year founded 1961 Final issue 30 June 1967 | |
Yön (meaning Direction in English) was a weekly Turkish political magazine published between 1961 and 1967. It was a Kemalist and leftist magazine.
History and profile
Yön started publication in Ankara on 20 December 1961. The founders included Doğan Avcıoğlu, Mümtaz Soysal, İlhan Selçuk and İlhami Soysal. Its editor was Doğan Avcıoğlu. Yön had a social democratic and Kemalist stance. The magazine supported for antifeudalism, and étatist and Third Worldist approach. It attempted to establish a national front to achieve national democracy in Turkey. In addition to political writings, the magazine also covered artistic work, including a poem of Nazım Hikmet (published in 1964) whose works had not been published in the country for a long time.
Immediately after its foundation the magazine enjoyed a circulation level of 30,000 copies. However it decreased to between 4,000 and 5,000 copies in 1965. The magazine ceased publication in 1967 and the last issue was published on 30 June 1967. The magazine was followed by Ant and Türk Solu, two political magazines.