Turkish Republican Poster

トルコ共和国期ポスター / 1920s–1950s / Style / Regional Graphics

The early republic's advertising style built almost single-handedly by İhap Hulusi: flat figures, clean color fields and Latin-script lettering fusing graphics with the state's modernization.

Turkish Republican Poster — AI-generated interpretation 1 — AI-generated interpretation, not a reference work

Turkish Republican Poster — Flyer for the film Ateşten Gömlek, 1932 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Flyer for the film Ateşten Gömlek, 1932 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Turkish Republican Poster — Newspaper advertisement for Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankası in Tan, 1938 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Newspaper advertisement for Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankası in Tan, 1938 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

At a glance

Visual cues

Flat figure drawing
Clean color fields
The new Latin script promoted
Modernization as subject

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Literacy and public program notices reaching everyone through one image
Settings using a new script where the poster also serves as a model

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Dictionary entry

Type: Latin letters drawn large and regular, shaped like a copybook
Composition: A single figure held large against a ground split into two fields
Material: Around three flat lithographic colors with shading kept minimal
Caution: Taking the motifs while dropping the modernizing subject removes the instructing role they carried, so the result looks like a pastiche of old commercial art.
Further study: İhap Hulusi Görey / the alphabet reform and posters / the SALT archives

Related entries

Plakatstil / Sachplakat (プラカートシュティール／即物ポスター)Shared effects: Trust / Exhilaration / Nostalgia.Compare Turkish Republican Poster and Plakatstil / Sachplakat
Iranian Poster (イランのポスター)Same Regional Graphics lineage.Compare Turkish Republican Poster and Iranian Poster

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