%0 Journal Article %T THE REFLECTIONS OF ATATš¹RK¡¯S DEATH ON THE UKRANIAN PRESS %A £¿a£¿atay BENHš¹R %J - %D 2018 %X The deaths of the people who make the history, affect the entire world. After the loss of a person who have done significant things for his country and the entire world, repercussions has been occurred at different countries. As one of the most important persons in the history, the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatš¹rk at 10 November 1938 can be considered within this framework. The reflections of Atatš¹rk¡¯s death at the other countries were always wondered about by the Turkish public opinion and historians. Also some researches have been done about that subject. With the results of researches and compilations which had begun immediately after Atatš¹rk¡¯s death, in many countries, the attitude towards Atatš¹rk¡¯s death were examined. In addition to separate studies, many different texts which mention the bilateral relations have focused the aforementioned subject. One of the most important criteria for detecting the reflections of Atatš¹rk¡¯s death at other countries is the press of forenamed countries. The press, which was the most important intermediary and influencer of public opinion, is an important indicator for attitudes towards Atatš¹rk¡¯s death and Turkey for aforesaid state. In Turkey, many countries¡¯ press was reviewed and this subject was broadly discussed. One of the countries which has been discussed and considered as important was the Soviet Union, which was the neighbor of Turkey and a friendly nation. The Soviet press was focused repeatedly within the scope of Moscow-centered newspapers related with the death of Atatš¹rk. Recently, the attitudes of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic were added into these studies, which have already found important discoveries. In this study, the press of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was one of the most important pieces of the Soviet Union, would be studied carefully. The similarities and differences between Moscow¡¯s central press and Kiev publishing would be tried to detect. Also, the results would be evaluated, in particular Turkish-Ukrainian relations and in general Turkish-Soviet relations. That¡¯s why; Kiev-centered five newspapers were used in this study. The newspapers available in Kiev Vernadsky National Library and used are these: Bilsovik, Komunist, Proleterskaya Pravda, Sovetskaya Ukraina, and Visti. When the newspapers were scanned, 1 November 1938 took as the beginning date and 30 November 1938 as the end date. The results were chronologically evaluated the perspective of historical narrative %K Atatš¹rk %K Cenaze %K Tš¹rk-Sovyet %K Ukrayna %K Ukrayna Bas£¿n£¿. %U http://dergipark.org.tr/sutad/issue/38506/510533