Arayış

Arayış was started as a weekly publication in Ankara by Bülent Ecevit following the 1980 military coup after which political parties were closed, including the Republican People's Party led by him.^[1] Its first issue appeared on 21 February 1981.^[2] The publisher and editor-in-chief of Arayış was Necdet Onur.^[1] It came out weekly and was headquartered in Ankara.^[3]

The primary function of Arayış was to publish Ecevit's views on political, economic and social situations in Turkey.^[2] He argued that the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 played a significant role in the emergence of national identity and solidarity among the Turkish people.^[4] Ecevit's writings in the magazine laid the basis of his new political party, namely Democratic Left Party.^[1]

Arayış was temporarily banned on 4 April 1981.^[5] Although the magazine resumed publication soon and sold 100,000 copies in June 1981, Ecevit was banned from publishing articles in Arayış from the 15th issue.^[5] The magazine produced a total of 54 issues before it was shut down by the military government on 2 March 1982.^[2][6]

All issues of Arayış are archived by TUSTAV.^[3]