of İzmir. His newspaper had to be moved to Kayseri because of the nearing Greek forces to Ankara during the Battle of Sakarya. During the summer months of 1923, newspapers in Constantinople were sharply against the proclamation of republic. Yunus Nadi was working very closely with Mustafa Kemal and was the head of the parliament commission, which was working on the new constitution. On October 29, 1923 Yunus Nadi read the new constitution in parliament after the proclamation of the republic. Republican period Mustafa Kemal tried to convince some mild representatives of opposing newspapers of Istanbul in a meeting held in İzmir on January 5, 1924 without success. These newspapers intensified their negative attitudes instead and attacked openly the regime in Ankara. This led Mustafa Kemal to commission Yunus Nadi to establish a new newspaper in Constantinople, to propagate and defend the principles of the republic and the democracy against the monarchy and the caliphate. The preparations continued until the end of April 1924 and the first issue of the newspaper was published on May 7, 1924. The newspaper was named "Cumhuriyet" (literally republic in Turkish) by Mustafa Kemal. "Cumhuriyet" has a current circulation of approximately 38,000 copies, and is a left-wing publication Yunus Nadi, who took the family name Abalıoğlu, owned the newspaper and was editor-in-chief until his death on June 28, 1945 in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. The newspaper was owned later on by his eldest son Nadir Nadi and then by Nadir Nadi's wife Berin. Currently, the foundation "Cumhuriyet Vakfı" is the publisher. His remains were brought to Istanbul and buried at the Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery. Sources 1879 births 1945 deaths People from Fethiye Galatasaray High School alumni Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Cumhuriyet people Malta exiles Members of Kuva-yi Milliye Burials at Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery Turkish newspaper publishers (people) Deputies of Izmir Journalists from the Ottoman Empire