Abstract:

It is important to evaluate the social, political, and literary environment in which Vedat Nedim Tör, one of the most important cultural and artistic figures of Republican Turkey, was born, grew up, and later influenced. In addition to his education and literary studies in reputable educational institutions, his association with prominent intellectuals of the Turkish intellectual world such as Mustafa Suphi, Ethem Nejat, Nazım Hikmet, Arab İsmail Hakkı and Sadık Ahi (Mehmet Eti) had undeniable effects on the maturation of Tör's literary personality and statesmanship. His being one of the founders of the Kadro Movement and Kadro Magazine, which was formed with the idea of implementing the ideology of the Turkish revolution together with Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Burhan Asaf Belge, İsmail Hüsrev Tökin and Yakup Kadri, has taken its place in the Turkish world of thought as another important event. Vedat Nedim Tör's relationship with the Kadro Movement, who worked as the Editorial Director for two years in the Kadro Magazine, which was established with the permission of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is a subject worthy of research. Born in 1929 in an environment where the World Economic Depression combined with the severe conditions in Turkey, the ideas defended by the Kadro Movement were discussed. Tör's position in the Kadro Movement, the role he played in the establishment of the movement, his activities within the movement, his administrative personality and his writings on issues such as economy, tourism and culture are the basis of this study. This article analyses the life and intellectual activities of Tör, who became one of the most important figures in the history of the Republic with his bureaucrat and political identity, and his relationship with the Kadro Movement.