İNGİLİZ KÜLTÜR HEYETİNİN (BRITISH COUNCIL) ANKARA HALKEVİ’NDEKİ FAALİYETLERİ
Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi, sa.76, ss.137-155, 2025 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.46955/ankuayd.1613009
- Dergi Adı: Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Historical Abstracts, ERIHPlus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-155
- Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Throughout World War II, Britain intensively used cultural
propaganda. In this context, the British Council, which aimed to
promote British culture and foster cultural exchange with
various communities, served Britain's interests through its
activities, particularly in “friendly and allied” countries,
contributing toBritish foreign policy. For Britain, which sought
to align Turkey—a strategically significant country during the
World War II—on its side and to counteract German
propaganda, the British Council became an important
instrument. The Council opened branches and carried out
activities in various cities across Turkey, especially in Ankara.
The Ankara People's House (Ankara Halkevi), being the most
prominent cultural center in Ankara, attracting the literate
elite, and having organic ties with the ruling People's
Republican Party (CHP), provided a suitable venue for the
British Council's activities. This study examines the exhibitions,
conferences, English courses, and film screenings organized by
the British Council at the Ankara Public House between 1940
and 1950.