Abstract:
Karagöz, which started its publication life in İstanbul on August 10, 1908, is a humor and caricatures magazine that was published in Türkiye until 1951. The magazine, which was usually published twice a week, had 4 pages. The magazine follows Karagöz and Hacivat, the beloved characters of thousands of years of Turkish oral literature, with their mutual conversations and drawings. Karagöz, who dealt with the political, military, economic and social developments of the period, witnessed history with the effective heroism of Türk satirical art. In this process Karagöz, as an eyewitness written/visual sources of the period, handled serious issues such as war in a humorous style and presented the country’s and word’s agenda to the public bay using the power of line.
A new order was tried to be created in the world in the 20th century. At the beginning of the century, when the sharing wars were turning into a great general war, Karagöz followed the events in the national and international arena. One of the publications captured by Karagöz during this period is the 1911 Tripoli War with the occupation of Italy in the Tripoli region of the Ottoman State. In this period when the power race between the great powers turned into a regional war, Karagöz played the role of informing the Ottoman public. Karagöz, who discussed the process that continued until the Uşi (Ouchy) Treaty was signed between the parties, also followed the issues related to inter-state relations, including internal and external developments. Karagöz, who addressed the evaluations and findings about the war with more than fifty caricatures, presented the news about Tripoli to the Turkish and world public opinion.
