Özet:

In this study, the news that appeared in the Anatolian press before and after the entrance of Turkish army into Izmir on the 9th of September, 1922 were reviewed according the nature of the sources these news appeared on. Most of the news that were subjected to review in this study were originated from Anadolu Ajansı (The Anatolian Agent) or Hakimiyet-i Milliye (The National Sovereignty). Likewise, most of the war news that took their places in the newspaper columns in the form of official declarations were based on these sources. With the survey of the Anatolian press in the three months period after September 1922, the researchers can see news about the Liberation of Izmir and afterwards from very different and various aspects. This article mainly deals with events such as the liberation of Izmir, the march of the Turkish army through the gates of the city and its welcome by the locals, the Great Fire of Izmir, the departure of the native and foreign non-Muslim people, the destruction of the city that occurred during these events, based on how they found their reflections in the press. The news that subjected these events as well as the public demonstrations and meetings that were held during the liberation, in the press of important centers of the National Struggle such as Konya, Trabzon and Ankara were analyzed, based on the columns, editorials and serial columns of various newspapers and journals. This study restricted its period of analysis of the news concerning the repercussions of the liberation of Izmir in the press with the news and columns that appeared on September, October and November 1922. Access to the history of the National Struggle finally symbolizing the liberation of Izmir, the Turkish people behind the facade of the Press Building on one of the information sources are discussed. It was a contemporary generation of events, rather than the event itself reflected in the background of the parties show that the perception of historical events will be. One of the basic approach of historians doubt in the eyes of society is to reveal the clear perception of events. From this point of perception and the liberation of Izmir and is handled behind the facade.

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