Ulus ve Cumhuriyet Gazetelerine Göre Hatay Sorunu ve Hatay'ın Anavatana Bağlanması
Hatay Question and the Attachment of Hatay to the Fatherland According to Ulus and Cumhuriyet Newspapers

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important problems of the new Turkish Republic that couldn't be solved by the Lausanne Treaty is the Sanjak (Hatay) Problem. The Sanjak of Alexandretta entered under the domination of French mandate after the Armistice of Mudros and after France gave its independence to Syria, it became a part of Syria. Under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who considered the Sanjak problem his own problem, Turkish Republic started an intensive diplomatic traffic in order to gain the Sanjak's independency and after that the attachment of the Sanjak to the fatherland. In this process, important newspapers of that period Ulus and Cumhuriyet, intensively handled the progress of this issue. With this article, this process from the beginning of the Sanjak problem to the attachment of Hatay to the fatherland will be examined in the frame of the news and comments of these two newspapers.

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