Aydınlık
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Aydınlık is the newspaper of the Patriotic Party. Originally launched as a weekly newspaper in 1921, it has been repeatedly closed and relaunched, most recently in 2011.
Aydınlık, 1 June 1921
Nâzım Hikmet
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Mehmed Nâzım Ran, commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described
Aydınlık
…newspaper (a weekly); it was associated with the Communist Party of Turkey. It was closed down in 1925. In the interim it published authors such as Nâzım Hikmet, Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Hasan Âli and Kerim Sadi. In November 1968 it was relaunched as a monthly magazine, by Doğu Perinçek and Vahap Erdoğdu of the…
Nâzım Hikmet in Berlin, 1956
Nâzım Hikmet in 1917, at the age of 15
Nâzım Hikmet in East Germany, 1952
The first-ever collected works of the Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet, published in communist Bulgaria