Dergâh

Dergâh was started in Istanbul in 1921 by Yahya Kemal and Ahmed Haşim.[1] The former also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[2] The first issue appeared on 15 April 1921, one month after the Allied forces declared the occupation of Istanbul.[3] Major contributors of the magazine were Hasan Ali Yücel and Abdülhak Şinasi who were adherents of the symbolist poetry.[2] Another contributor, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, a leading Turkish novelist, started his literary career in Dergâh.[2][4] The following writers and journalists also contributed to the magazine: Halide Edip Adıvar, Nurullah Ataç, Falih Rıfkı Atay, Fuat Köprülü and Ziya Gökalp.[3] All of them were supporters of the Independence War.[3] Some issues of the magazine were censored by the Allied administration.[3]

Dergâh folded on 5 January 1922 after producing a total of forty-two issues.[3][5]