Press and Modernization in the Ottoman Empire to the Present Day

Back Cover Article (From the Promotional Bulletin)

In this book you are holding in your hands, it is emphasized that the phenomenon of the press is an important element and effective tool of the practice of Westernization and the thought of modernism. Despite all the negative impact of its two important rivals, the Internet and Television , the Gutenberg Age is not yet completely over. Although Internet and Television have significant advantages over the written media, modern society's dependence on paper and writing for information and awareness still continues, and it is predicted that it will continue to do so at least for a while.

No matter what concept we use to express Westernization, modernization and modernization in Turkey, it is possible to find deep traces of the press and communication phenomenon in the acquisitions of all these phenomena. Therefore, journalistic activities and communication; Change is an integral part of modernity and civilization. In order to understand the point a phenomenon has reached in social sciences, it is necessary to know its beginning well.

This study, which aims to explain the point where the relationship between the press and modernization has reached from past to present in this land we live on, claims to present comparative periodic analyzes of Turkey's modernization process to its readers with an original interpretation, as well as conveying important historical and sociological data for researchers interested in the subject.

Editor-in-Chief : Sebnem Çiler Tabakçi

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Pages: 372

Size: 13.5 x 21