ABSTRACTThe new Turkish State had not been set up easily. The victory had been wonwith great difficulties, devotions and self-denials, succeeding this, big revolutionsand changes took place one after another and Turkish Republic reached to West?smodern institutions one by one. During these processes, there was a need for aninstitution in order to inform people about reforms, share and practice them.This institutions, which was founded on 19 February 1932, was public housesfirstly, fourteen public houses were established. There were thirty- four in late 1932and there were 478 public houses in the year of 1951 that all of them were closed.In the introduction of our research, the period before Public Houses wasexamined. Public houses and Gaziantep Public House were investigated in part I.First the establishments, development, aims, function and closing of public houseshave been investigated, then branches of public houses were mentioned. Thesebranches were: languages, literature, academy of fine arts, representation, sports,social help, public courses, courses, library and publications, village life, museumand history. After that Gaziantep Public House has been examined in detail in thefirst part. Statistical facts have been given on foundation, activities, activities in thecity, and example. Gaziantep public house, which was among public houses thatcome in to existence on June 24, 1932, published books, gave conference in differentsubject; organized courses related to reading / writing foreign languages, makingclothes and embroidery; got in touch with villagers; endeavored to help poor citizensand students and paid for their health expenses; tried to unit people by means ofsports competitions.In the second part, Baspinar Magazine, that constitutes the framework of thestudy, has been examined Baspinar was published monthly at the anniversary ofpublic house on February 17, 1939. A great deal of articles on cultural issues, villagelife, literature, public houses; esp. defense of Antep during National Struggle itsgeography, economy, antecedents; history of Gaziantep, Atatürk?s reforms andmainly folklores, were published in the magazine investigations and researches offolklore have attracted our attention to a great extent. Numeric index of BaspinariiiMagazine, verbal history, biographies of people who wrote to the journal the most,and examples of covers have been placed in appendices.iv.

ÖZETYeni Türk Devleti'nin kurulmasi kolay olmamisti. Büyük zorluklar, büyükfedakarliklar ve özverilerle zafer kazanilmis, hemen arkadan büyük devrimler vedegisimler birbirini izlemis, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Çagdas Batinin kurumlarina tektek kavusmustu. Bütün bu süreç içerisinde yapilanlarin halka ulasmasi, halklapaylasilmasi, halkla bütünlesmesi için bir kuruma ihtiyaç vardi. Bu kurum da, 19Subat 1932'de kurulan Halkevleri olacakti. Halkevleri ilk olarak 14 tane açilmisti.Daha sonra Halkevleri süratle artmis, 1932 yilinin sonlarinda 34, kapanis tarihi olan1951 yilinda da 478 sayisini bulmustur.Arastirmamizin giris bölümünde, Halkevleri'nden önceki süreç incelenmis,birinci bölümde ise, Halkevleri ve Gaziantep Halkevi her açidan degerlendirilmistir.Önce; Halkevleri'nin kurulusu, gelisimi, fonksiyonu, kapanisi ve Halkevleri'ninsubelerine deginilmistir. Bu subeler: Dil, Edebiyat Subesi, Güzel Sanatlar Subesi,Temsil Subesi, Spor Subesi, Sosyal Yardim Subesi, Halk Dershaneleri ve KurslarSubesi, Kütüphane Subesi, Köycülük Subesi, Müze ve Tarih Subesi'dir. Sonra da;Gaziantep Halkevi ve faaliyetleri irdelenmistir. Halkevinin açilmasi, Subelerininfaaliyetleri, sehirdeki etkinlikler, örnekler ve istatistiki bilgiler verilmistir. 24Haziran 1932'de açilan Halkevleri arasinda yer alan Gaziantep Halkevi, genelmerkezin amaçlari dogrultusunda çalismis, çesitli kitaplar yayimlamis, çok farklikonularda konferanslar düzenlemis, okuma yazma, yabanci dil, giyim ve nakiskurslari açmis, köyler ve köylülere ulasilmis, fakir vatandas ve ögrencilere yardimlaryapilmis, saglik giderleri karsilanmaya çalisilmis, spor karsilasmalari ilevatandaslarin bütünlesmeleri amaçlanmistir.Ikinci bölümde ise, çalismanin ana konusunu olusturan Baspinar Dergisiincelenmistir. Baspinar Dergisi, Halkevleri'nin kurulus yildönümü olan 17 Subat1939'da aylik dergi olarak çikmaya baslamistir. Dergide; Folklor konusu agirlikliolmak üzere, Atatürk Devrimleri, Gaziantep'in tarihi, özellikle Milli MücadeledekiAntep Savunmasi, cografyasi, ekonomisi, büyükleri, Halkevleri, edebiyat, kültür veköycülük üzerine bir çok yazi yayimlanmistir. Dergide en çok dikkatimizi çekenkonu folklor konusunda yapilan inanilmaz incelemeler ve arastirmalar olmustur.iArastirmanin sonunda Baspinar Dergisi'nin sayi dizini, sözlü tarih, dergide en çokyazisi çikanlarin hayat hikayeleri ve dis kapak örnekleri ekler kisminda verilmistir.ii.