Acar, Ayla2024-09-112024-09-1120121302-633Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/8181The post World War II conjencture has affected Turkish internal and foreign policies. 1945 was the year that showed signals of transition to the multi-party system for Turkey, a country that wanted to secure a place in the post-war world order. Turkey-Soviet Union relations was shown as the reason behind the abandoning of candid/neutral policies and being articulated in the capitalist system. In internal policies the tension was also asserted as the reason of the rise of anti-communism and the raid of left wing oppositon. It is seen that during the period of war, among the press, Tan newspaper opposed Nazism and followed an anti-fascist policy. Tan newspaper and Sertel's who stood by the democratisation of Turkey, became the target of racists, reactionist and their representatives in the press. On December 4th 1945, the newspaper's printing house was completely destroyed on an assault by a group of university students provoked by the government of the time. The main goal of this study is to show how the press of the time reacted to this assault which put an end to the Tan newspapers' publication. Besides Tan, Cumhuriyet, Ulus, Aksam, Vatan, Tanin, Tasvir, Yeni Sabah, Son Posta, Son Telegraf and Vakit were the nationallly published and distrubuted newspapers of the time. The 1945 issues of these 11 newspapers have been individually surveyed with qualitative content analysis method. The assault which ended the publication of Tan, was described as the righteous act of the youth by the newspapers of the time. The newspapers didn't see the assault as an attack to the press and democracy, as muzzling of an adverse voice and of the poliphony, but they also openly expressed their appreciation and their pride in the dignified and emotional act of the youth.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAssault on the Tan newspaperSertelsDecember 4th 1945Article43122N/AWOS:000409675500002N/A