Kim_(magazine)

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Kim (magazine)

Women's magazine in Turkey (1992–1999)


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]

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History and profile

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Emrah Güler (20 January 2014). "Women's magazines that redefined feminism in Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. "Doodle for Late Feminist Writer Duygu Asena". Bianet. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

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