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CHAPTER 8 – YABAN, KADRO, ANKARA 
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did not have the Marxist background of the rest of the members of the Kadro 
movement, as Ertan also points out. Oktay is critical of Yakup Kadri whose literary 
input into 
Kadro,
he considers, was inadequate for the literary and cultural issues of 
the time. He claims that Burhan Asaf did more in this field although he did not 
specialise in literature. Bostancı presents the view that Yakup Kadri’s articles in 
Kadro 
and his position in the movement was of no importance in terms of the 
dissemination of the political ideology promoted by 
Kadro
. He did more to be the 
liaison between the members of the Kadro and Mustafa Kemal in Çankaya.
Yakup Kadri’s role in 
Kadro 
is highlighted by Mansur Tekin when the publication of 
Ankara 
is announced
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: 
Memlekette yegâne insicamlı
ve muayyen bir dava etrafında birbirine 
bağlı neşriyat yapan Kadro’da Yakup Kadri i
ş
in edebiyat tarafını
idare 
ediyor. Kadro’daki küçük makaleleri ile zaman zaman inkılâp 
edebiyatının ne olması
lazım geldi
ğ
ini söyleyen edip buna bizzat iki misal 
vermi
ş
tir: Yaban ve Ankara. 
Yakup Kadri directs the literary side of Kadro with publications bringing 
the two together coherently and certainly around the sole point at issue in 
the country. Saying from time to time what the revolutionary literature 
should be in his short articles in Kadro he gave us two examples: Yaban 
and Ankara. 
 
Yakup Kadri himself explains his involvement and its termination in 
Zoraki 
Diplomat
(Forced to Become a Diplomat) first published in 1954 and justifies 
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‘
Ankara
’, 
Kadro
, 1934, Vol. 3, No. 28, p. 48

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