POSTAGE STAMPS AS AN ARCIVED MEMORY AND ITS SOCIO-CULTURAL FUNCTION: NORTH CYPRUS EXAMPLE - ARŞİVLENEN BELLEK OLARAK POSTA PULLARI VE SOSYO-KÜLTÜREL İŞLEVLERİ: KUZEY KIBRIS ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Although the use of postage stamps in the first half of the 19th century was accepted as a document indicating that the postage was paid, postage stamps became widespread in the form of simulations of history, including simple paintings and drawings. The lack of studies on the postage stamps and their representation in Cyprus, this study prepared between 1970-1998 postage stamps were analyzed by using the code of the Sixteen Thematic Categories of Stamps of Raento and Brunn (2005). For this purpose, 418 postage stamps determined by the purposive sampling method. It was revealed that stamps of nature-themed and art-themed postage stamps were used extensively between 1970 and 1998 for the purpose of introducing and promoting the Cypriot society and the republic. With the presentations on postage stamps, it is important to emphasize the state visits between the TRNC and the TC and to be integrated with the world. In this study, the formation of Turkish Cypriot community come to the fore in the rate of political messages and ideologies containing propaganda in postage stamps.

Keywords

• History Narrative
• Simulation
• Postage Stamps
• Cultural Memory
• Archived Memory

ARŞİVLENEN BELLEK OLARAK POSTA PULLARI VE SOSYO-KÜLTÜREL İŞLEVLERİ: KUZEY KIBRIS ÖRNEĞİ - POSTAGE STAMPS AS AN ARCIVED MEMORY AND ITS SOCIO-CULTURAL FUNCTION: NORTH CYPRUS EXAMPLE

Abstract

19. yüzyılın ilk yarısında posta pullarının kullanımı, posta ücretinin ödendiğini gösteren belge olarak kabul edilmiş olsa da zamanla posta pulları tarihin simülasyonları olarak basit resimler ve çizimler içeren etiketler şeklinde yaygınlık kazanmıştır. Kıbrıs özelinde pullar ve onların temsiliyeti üzerine yapılan çalışmaların bulunmaması sebebiyle bu çalışmada 1970-1998 yılları arasında hazırlanan pulların incelenmesi Raento ve Brunn’un (2005) Sixteen Thematic Categories of Stamps kodlama cetveli kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla, çalışma kapsamında amaçlı örneklem metodu ile belirlenen 418 pul incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular çerçevesinde, 1970-1998 yıllarında Kıbrıs toplumu ve cumhuriyetin tanıtımı amacıyla doğa ve sanat temalı posta pullarının basımının öne çıktığı görülmüştür. Bunun yanında söz konusu tarih aralığında posta pullarında KKTC ve TC arasındaki resmi ziyaretlerin anısına basılan pullar da dikkat çekmektedir. Bu bağlamda dünya futbol organizasyonları ve olimpiyatları için hazırlanan posta pullarının oldukça yaygın kullanıldığı görülmüştür. Aynı zamanda posta pullarının ülkelerin doğasını ve sağlık gibi temalarını tanıtım amacıyla basıldıklarını da söylenebilir. Bütün bunlara ilaveten tarihi mekanların, çiçek türlerinin ve hayvanların, resmi kuruluşların anısına da posta pullarının yayınlandığını görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada posta pullarında ideoloji ve propaganda yerine Kıbrıs Türk toplumunun oluşumu ve dünyaya entegre olması üzerinde yoğunlaşıldığı görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Tarih Anlatısı
• Simülasyon
• Posta Pulları
• Kültürel Bellek

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