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{{Short description|Turkish literary magazine}}
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| frequency     = Monthly
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| category      = [[Literary magazine]]
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| founder       = Yaşar Nabi Nayır <br/> Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil  <br/> Nahit Sırrı Örik
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| founded       = {{start date and age|1933}}
| firstdate     = 15 July 1933
| country       = Turkey
| based         = Istanbul
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'''''Varlık''''' is a monthly Turkish literature and art magazine.<ref name="tb"/> Established by [[Yaşar Nabi Nayır]], [[Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil]], and [[Nahit Sırrı Örik]] in 1933, it often publishes poetry and works of famous Turkish poets and writers.
==History and profile==
''Varlık'' was first published as a biweekly magazine in [[Ankara]] on 15 July 1933.<ref>{{cite news|author=Doğan Hızlan |author-link=Doğan Hızlan|title=Cumhuriyet edebiyatını belirleyen dergi: Varlık|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/cumhuriyet-edebiyatini-belirleyen-dergi-varlik-9350923|access-date=18 April 2020|work=Hurriyet|date=4 July 2008|language=tr}}</ref><ref name="tb">{{cite web|title=Varlık Dergisi|url=https://www.turkcebilgi.com/varl%C4%B1k_dergisi|work=Türkçe Bilgi|access-date=18 April 2020|language=tr}}</ref><ref name="leb">{{cite web|title=Edebiyatımızda Bir Köşe Taşı: Varlık Dergisi|url=http://www.leblebitozu.com/edebiyatimizda-bir-kose-tasi-varlik-dergisi/|work=Leblebitozu|access-date=18 April 2020|language=tr|date=3 October 2016}}</ref> The owner of the magazine was Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil during the initial years.<ref name="tb"/> He was also the cofounder of the magazine.<ref name="leb"/> The other founders include Yaşar Nabi Nayır and Nahit Sırrı Örik.<ref name="leb"/> In 1946 the magazine moved to [[Istanbul]].<ref name="leb"/> The same year the publisher of the magazine, Varlık Publications, was founded.<ref name="leb"/> Following the death of Yaşar Nabi Nayır in 1981 his daughter, Filiz Nayır, began to edit the magazine.<ref name="tb"/><ref name="leb"/> From 1983 to 1990 the magazine was edited by Kemal Özer, a Turkish author and [[poet]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Oğuz Tümbaş|title=Edebiyatımızın "Varlık" dergisiyle gelişen 75 yılı |url=http://blog.milliyet.com.tr/edebiyatimizin--varlik--dergisiyle-gelisen-75-yili/Blog/?BlogNo=122499 |access-date=18 April 2020|work=Milliyet|date=28 July 2008|language=tr}}</ref>
''Varlık'' has a unique significance  in [[Turkish literature]]. Most Turks who have become famous in literature have become so through publishing their works in ''Varlık'', such as [[Sait Faik Abasıyanık]]. Significant contributors include [[Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı]], [[Orhan Veli Kanık]], [[Nurullah Ataç]], [[Ziya Osman Saba]], Oktay Akbal, Mahmut Makal, [[Necati Cumalı]], [[Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca]], [[Behçet Necatigil]], [[Cahit Külebi]], [[Orhan Kemal]], [[Haldun Taner]] and [[Tahsin Yücel]].<ref name="leb"/> The magazine also introduced Turkish translations of works by [[Dostoevsky]], [[Turgenev]], [[Gogol]], [[Franz Kafka|Kafka]], [[Lev Tolstoy|Tolstoy]], [[John Steinbeck|Steinbeck]], [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]], [[Balzac]], Malraux, [[Emile Zola|Zola]], [[André Gide|Gide]], [[Albert Camus|Camus]] and [[J. P. Sartre|Sartre]].<ref name="leb"/> Since 2001 the magazine has been a member of the [[Eurozine]] network.
==See also==
*[[List of literary magazines]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.varlik.com.tr/  ''Varlık''] Online
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[[Category:1933 establishments in Turkey]]
[[Category:Biweekly magazines published in Turkey]]
[[Category:Cultural magazines published in Turkey]]
[[Category:Literary magazines published in Turkey]]
[[Category:Literary translation magazines]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1933]]
[[Category:Magazines published in Istanbul]]
[[Category:Magazines published in Ankara]]
[[Category:Monthly magazines published in Turkey]]
[[Category:Poetry literary magazines]]
[[Category:Turkish-language magazines]]
[[Category:Turkish poetry]]