Abstract:

In this review, women's magazine publishing and women's magazines of the Republican era were examined. While women's magazines of the pre-republican period have tried to prove themselves in terms of ideas both in their own eyes and before the West, the women with whom we encounter in the post-republican women's magazines seem to have attempted to prove their “physical visibility” being. It is possible to see this change in the contents and designs of the women's magazines that coincide with the “Western Women” definition of the Republic. This situation can be interpreted as the change in the value attributed to women in society. The content of the women's magazines in the Republican era included the struggle for equality with men, free women standing on their own feet, family life and the woman of the republic. Besides, it is possible to encounter with an understanding of magazine publishing that adopts the feminist point of view and not exploit the female body and female desires. Women's magazines in the Republican era played an important role in the education of women and their quest for rights and happened to be the first steps in the attainment of the current status of wo-men’s rights. In this review, it is aimed to examine the women's magazines published between the years of 1923-1992 and how women look at the developments that are related to women and society in gen-eral and women in particular. The women's journals examined were selected by considering the issues such as whether they have feminist thoughts or not.

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