Aksaray Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Yazarlar: Ferhat ATEŞ

Konular:Sosyal

Anahtar Kelimeler:Power,Opposition,Journalism,Censorship,Ahmet Samim

Özet: A relative libertarian political environment had been dominated in social life with The Second Constitutionalist Monarchial Period. Newspapers did not submit their dams to censorship mechanism, in 7th July 1908. It was thought that there had been no any obstacles for realization of freedom of speech, freedom of prees, representation and visibility of different thoughts by different associations, no longer. In this sense, it can be said that there had been lived such a bright but a short period, as well. That is to say, “power leads to corruption” proposition had been verified soon, accordingly started to reduce the journalists to silence as “solution method”. After shooting Hasan Fehmi, newspaperman of Serbesti newspaper (Freedom newspaper), to death by three bullets on The Galata Bridge, in 6th April 1909, there occured The 31 March İncident and efforts of Union and Progress Association to penetrate its effect on all segments and institutions of society, as well. In such a political circumstance, despite being knowledgeable with he would have been being killed by someone,    Ahmet Saim, a young and bold newspaperman of Sada’yı Millet (People Voice), had continued to write and criticize The Union and Progress Association, its supporters and its policies. This murdering can be read as a challenge to those who had not intend to obey to Union and Progress Association the new governing power elits, and as reminding signs to dissents that Union and Progress Association gradually seizing power over all aspects of society. The work item of this study are background of and post-event of Ahmet Samim assasination which had been occured at Bahçekapı, Istanbul, in 9th June 1910, and great importance of his “free voice. 

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