[COMPLETE RUN OF RARE PANTURKIST NEWSPAPER] Ergenekon: Pazartesi günleri çikar siyasî milliyetçi gazete. [i.e., Ergenekon: A political nationalist newspaper that is published on Mondays]. 10 March 1947 - 13 May 1947. Nos 1-10 [SET].

BARIMAN, NURULLAH (Owner) (1919-2006).

Bariman Yayinevi, Bozkurt Basimevi, Istanbul, 1947. 

Original wrappers in one contemporary dark green cloth bdg. Tabloid size. (41 x 30 cm). In Turkish. Each issue is 8 pp., the last one is 4 pp., b/w ills.

An exceptionally rare complete run of this richly illustrated nationalist, Pan-Turkist, and Turanist newspaper, published by Bariman, who was imprisoned in the May 3, 1944, Turkish Nationalism-Turanism Case due to his anti-Soviet nationalist views for only a few months following his acquittal.

During the events known as the May 3, 1944 Turkish Nationalism-Turanism Case, or the Racism-Turanism case, he was arrested due to his Turanist and anti-USSR writings. Nurullahi, one of the individuals arrested in 1944, was serving in the military with the rank of lieutenant. When the USSR explicitly expressed its demands regarding Turkey’s sovereignty over the Straits and territorial integrity in its 1945 notes, the Turkish state's approach toward Pan-Turkists changed. The sentences of the convicted Turanists were overturned by the Military Court of Appeals on October 23, 1945, and individuals, including Nurullah Bariman, were released. Later, on October 26, 1945, the Istanbul 2nd Martial Law Court acquitted them, crowning their struggle as a reaction of "a national ideology against a non-national ideology."

Soon after, a magazine with a strong visual focus was published, which included nationalist, anti-Communist, and Pan-Turkist writers of the time. Among these were Nihal Atsız (1905-1975) and several other writers who wrote under pseudonyms.

The newspaper, which was filled with political cartoons signed with "Halid," took its name from the ancient Turkish creation myth of Ergenekon. Due to a paper shortage in its final issue, only two pages were printed, and in this issue, it appealed to its readers to support the newspaper financially by subscribing. However, the newspaper was quickly shut down after facing political prosecution.

As of March 2025, OCLC lists only two holdings (269200617 & 230080905): Bayerisc Staatsbibliothek of Germany and Stanford University Library.