Kim (Turkish: Who?) was a Turkish language women's magazine existed between 1992 and 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey. The magazine held feminist ideas and values and was among the most popular and best-selling magazines in Turkey during the 1990s.[1][2]
| Editor-in-chief | Duygu Asena |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Publisher | AD Publishing |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Final issue | 1999 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Based in | Istanbul |
| Language | Turkish |
History and profile edit
Kim was established in 1992 with the motto "personal is political".[1][3] The founding company was the AD Publishing.[2] Duygu Asena was named editor-in-chief of Kim in 1993.[4][5] It featured articles on the equality of women, discrimination against women and social gender[2] which were mostly written by Duygu Asena.[6] The readers of the magazine were middle-class women aged 20-30.[2]
Duygu Asena, in an interview, reported that Kim was very similar to Kadınca and its continuation.[4] Because both dealt with women-related topics such as relationships, sex, beauty, and fashion[7] and adopted a liberal feminist ideology which was used as a vehicle in their struggle against traditional religious laws and customs.[8] However, Asena also stated that Kim was more political and addressed younger women unlike Kadınca.[4] Süheyla Kırca also provides some differences between these two magazines indicating that Kim did not focus on sport, environmental issues and employment which were among the frequent topics in Kadınca.[7] Kim folded in 1999.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Yeşim Arata (August 2004). "Rethinking The Political: A Feminist Journal In Turkey, Pazartesi". Women's Studies International Forum. 27 (3): 281–292. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2004.06.007.
- ^ a b c d Selda Malkoç Kılıç; Duygu Vefikuluçay Yılmaz (March 2019). "Cumhuriyet Dönemi Kadın Dergileri (1923-1992)". OPUS (in Turkish). 10 (17). doi:10.26466/opus.518421. S2CID 192613365.
- ^ Emrah Güler (20 January 2014). "Women's magazines that redefined feminism in Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Fahriye Dinçer; Ülker Uncu (1 October 2006). ""Ayşe'ler Uyanın, Ali'leri Eğitin": Duygu Asena ile Yayıncılık Üzerine Söyleşi". Feminist Yaklaşımlar (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Doodle for Late Feminist Writer Duygu Asena". Bianet. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Yeşim Arat; Şevket Pamuk (2019). Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-521-19116-6.
- ^ a b Süheyla Kırca (2001). "Turkish Women's Magazines: The Popular Meets the Political". Women's Studies International Forum. 24 (3–4): 457–468. doi:10.1016/S0277-5395(01)00167-4. PMID 17672019.
- ^ Nadia Siddiqui (2014). "Women's magazines in Asian and Middle Eastern countries" (PDF). South Asian Popular Culture. 12 (1): 30. doi:10.1080/14746689.2014.879423. S2CID 144285082.