Abstract
In this article, it is aimed to analyze the influence and contribution of literary texts published in the Yeni Şark newspaper, which was active in publishing life between 1921 and 1923, to Turkish literature. For this purpose, first, the National Struggle Period was briefly mentioned in the Istanbul and Anatolian press. Later, the publication policy of Yeni Şark was given in the Istanbul press. In the relationship’s context between press life and literatüre the stories, novel, poetry, theater, letters, memoirs and travel articles identified in the newspaper have been evaluated in terms of quality and quantity and classified as literary agent-translation. As a result of the evaluation, it was determined that the literary texts published in Yeni Şark newspaper are a product of popular literature and also shed light on various events and fact in socio-cultural, economic, educational, health, architectural, art and history fields during the War of Independence period.