Türkiye’nin İlk Türkçe Mizah Dergisi: Terakki
First Turkish Humor Magazine in Turkey: Terakki

Summary/Abstract: Turkish Humor is generally analyzed under two main topics as the period of verbal humor and written humor. The beginning of the period of written humor goes to the humor magazines published in the second half of 19th Century. Although humor magazines have a significant place in the history of Turkish Media for about one hundred and fifty years, they have not been analyzed well enough academically. In addition to the variety of approaches in the historical development of Humor Magazines, Diyojen as a magazine, which was published by Teodor Kasab, has been shown as the first Turkish Humor Magazine and the beginning of the period of written humor by most of the resources related to the History of Media. However, Terakki as a magazine has been carrying the specialties of the first Turkish Humor Magazine of Turkey which has the same meaning with Terakki as a gazette that has been published as a newspaper supplement owned by Filip Efendi and Ali Raşid in 1870. This study analyzes the facts that in what ways Terrakki is shown as the first Turkish Humor Magazine of Turkey as opposed to Diyojen which is shown as the first humor magazine by literature.

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