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Yasemin Gencer

208. Today in 1920s Turkey: 14 December 1927 (Little Hilmi: Both Earning and Learning)

English translation, Turkish transliteration, and commentary on a short blurb about one of the Karagöz’s paperboys.

4 min readDec 14, 2022

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208. Today in 1920s Turkey: 14 December 1927 (Little Hilmi: Both Earning and Learning)

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Yasemin Gencer

207. Today in 1920s Turkey: 5 December 1925 (“Class” at the Dinner Table)

An installment of Karagöz’s Lessons in Civilization. Turkish, English, and commentary.

5 min readDec 5, 2022

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207. Today in 1920s Turkey: 5 December 1925 (“Class” at the Dinner Table)

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206. Today in 1920s Turkey: 28 November 1923 (The Readers’ Column and a Notice to Readers)

Comments:

4 min readNov 28, 2022

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206. Today in 1920s Turkey: 28 November 1923 (The Readers’ Column and a Notice to Readers)

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205. Today in 1920s Turkey: 9 September 1925 (Upcycling Fezzes)

On hat reform and upcycling fezzes.

4 min readSep 10, 2022

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205. Today in 1920s Turkey: 9 September 1925 (Upcycling Fezzes)

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204. Today in 1920s Turkey: 8 September 1928 (Famous Person Édouard Manet)

A serial column on the artist Manet and a discussion about celebrity and fame in 1920s Turkey with a brief excursion into alphabet reform.

3 min readSep 9, 2022

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204. Today in 1920s Turkey: 8 September 1928 (Famous Person Édouard Manet)

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203. Today in 1920s Turkey: 21 August 1922 (A Mustache as Collateral)

An unexpectedly rich cartoon with lots of plot twists.

2 min readAug 24, 2022

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203. Today in 1920s Turkey: 21 August 1922 (A Mustache as Collateral)

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Yasemin Gencer

202. Today in 1920s Turkey: 30 July 1928 (The Challenges of Child Photography)

A cartoon about the difficulties of photographing a child.

2 min readJul 30, 2022

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202. Today in 1920s Turkey: 30 July 1928 (The Challenges of Child Photography)

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Yasemin Gencer

201. Today in 1920s Turkey: 14 July 1927 (Recognizing 6 Months of Publishing)

The political and satirical gazette Nasrettin Hoca pats itself on the back for getting through its first 6 months of publishing.

4 min readJul 14, 2022

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201. Today in 1920s Turkey: 14 July 1927 (Recognizing 6 Months of Publishing)

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Yasemin Gencer

200. Today in 1920s Turkey: 9 July 1927 (Successful Paperboys from Adana and İzmir)

About the successes of two paperboys who sold many copies of two popular issues of Karagöz featuring cover pictures of Gazi Mustafa…

3 min readJul 10, 2022

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200. Today in 1920s Turkey: 9 July 1927 (Successful Paperboys from Adana and İzmir)

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199. Today in 1920s Turkey: 7 July 1928 (Summer Fun… Gel Keyfim Gel!)

About a classic summertime cover page from the satirical gazette Karagoz.

3 min readJul 7, 2022

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199. Today in 1920s Turkey: 7 July 1928 (Summer Fun… Gel Keyfim Gel!)

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Yasemin Gencer

Yasemin Gencer

I am an independent scholar of Islamic art and civilization specializing in the history of Ottoman and modern Turkish art and print culture.

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