Erken Cumhuriyet döneminde Cumhuriyet gazetesi: Dış politik gelişmeler üzerinden ulus devlet inşası

Major events that changed the global world order, such as the end of empires' era and the beginning nations' era, occurred under the influence of political, social and technological developments generally associated with the modernization process. Nation state is used instead of the modern national structure in liberal democracies. So, with what characteristics does the nation state continue its existence? Is being a nation-state enough to build a nation or establish a national identity for its citizens? The construction of the nation state and national identity is carried through various narrative techniques. Mass media can reach the masses by using narrative techniques in different ways to become a nation state and create national identity by maintaining collective memory are extremely important and effective. In this study, the attitude of the Cumhuriyet newspaper established with founding will's encouragement, as a new nation-state, was examined by the Republic of Türkiye's foreign political developments in the first years. News and columns published on topics such as the Mosul issue, the Italian military buildup and the southern border issue concerning the National Pact goals and national security, were examined using the interpretative content analysis method. The aim of the study is to determine how nation-state construction is executed through the media. The contents produced in the early Republican period reflects the views of that period's government as well as Cumhuriyet newspaper. There is a similarity between Cumhuriyet newspaper’s attitude against foreign political developments and the perspective of the period's power. Cumhuriyet newspaper, within the scope of the National Pact goals, produced “the other” concept and describe “we” that is Turkish national identity, and reflected the with the words “young” and “new” Republic of Türkiye as a modern nation-state with equal to other countries of the world.