Siege of Leningrad: Reflection and Assessment in Turkish Press during Second World War Блокада Ленинграда: отражение событий и оценка в турецкой прессе во время Второй мировой войны
Nauchnyi Dialog, cilt.15, sa.6, ss.443-462, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-6-443-462
- Dergi Adı: Nauchnyi Dialog
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.443-462
- Anahtar Kelimeler: International relations, Newspapers, Press coverage of the war, Siege of Leningrad, Turkey, USSR
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The article examines the representation of the Siege of Leningrad in leading Turkish pub-lications of the Second World War period. It con-siders issues regarding the reflection of Turkey's foreign policy features in the press. The sources include mass-circulation media with diverse political orientations: Ulus (The Nation), Cumhuri-yet (The Republic), Son Posta (The Last Post), Akşam (The Evening), among others. Data con-cerning the attitudes of the Turkish establishment and military toward events on the Leningrad front are introduced into scholarly discourse for the first time. Results of a comparative analysis of assessments of these events in governmen-tal and liberal media are presented. Attention is paid to information regarding the military situation at different stages of the fighting for Len-ingrad. The issue is raised regarding the specif-ics of the information policy of İsmet İnönü's government as a reflection of its aspiration to fully control the press during the war years. It is reported that the Turkish press transmitted information about the Siege of Leningrad compara-tively rarely. Emphasis is placed on the fact that primary attention was devoted to the military aspect of the matter. It is shown that little attention was paid to the heroism of the civilian popu-lation. It is proven that the reason for this was the unwillingness of the Turkish authorities to damage relations with Germany. It is established that the cause of strict censorship control over publication content was the desire of the authorities not to violate Turkey's neutrality. A conclu-sion is drawn that events on the Leningrad front were covered solely from a military perspective, while the role of the civilian population remained unaddressed.