@article{2015,title={The History Of Siirt Press: A Bibliographical Casting},abstractNode={The newspaper archieves that are in the National Library and Beyazıt State Library’s Periodical Catalogs constitute this study’s basic sources. To reach the beneficial results in this study which is related to the history of press in Siirt, the documents and the information shared by Cumhur Klılıççıoğlu and Ahmet Arıturk, conducting press activities for 60 years, were subjected to a detailed evaluation. The first newspaper started its publshing life was Siirt newspaper which began in 1937. It is considerable that the publishing activities started in such an early time in Siirt as a city in the remotest corner of Anatolia. The political atmosphere and socio-economic condition of the mentioned preiod has played as a router impact. The collections provided from the institutions expressed above has been subjected to an inquiry and a cast of the history of Siirt press has been obtained. Especially, in this study, mainly rather than a detailed evaluation of the press history of Siirt, a bibliographic presentation was tried to be made, which will constitute a source to local history studies in Siirt. Besides that, from its begining till 1970s Siirt press was maintained in which point of view and quantity was among the investigated topics in this study. The maintained cultural activities in People’s House in studied period have been provided an intellectual mass. The People’s House which is an effective factor in providing a reader community is a real element that shouldn’t be missed. When looked at the content of the newspapers, the quality of the content and news density have not been seen above of the expectations. Extremely limited nature of the news staff is the most important reason of this fact. The political liberalization and atmosphere of freedom have seen in the country after World War II has brought},author={Resul BABAOĞLU-- Said OLGUN},year={2015},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}