Turkey

Disney comics were introduced to Turkey in 1936 by Ülkü Yayınevi with Çocuk Sesi’nin Miki Fare Albümü. Ülkü was a pioneering publisher of children’s magazines in Turkey. After Çocuk Sesi merged with Afacan in 1939 publication ceased in 1942 and there were no Disney comics published in Turkey until 1953, when the weekly Çocuklara Armağan was launched, printing traced material from the American Walt Disney's Comics & Stories.

Traced stories from WDC&S also frequently appeared in the pages of Doğan Çocuk, Turkey's most popular children's magazine after the second world war. In 1957 Milliyet, one of Turkey's leading newspapers, started printing licensed daily strips of Scamp.

In 1962 Pulhan Yayınları began publishing the Miki weekly with licensed stories, which was cancelled in 1965. In 1966 Arkın Kitabevi took over the license and launched Renkli Miki, which was cancelled within a year.

In 1970 Hakkı Bigeç launched Miki Maus which printed Italian-made stories. In 1979, Tay Yayınları began publishing a bi-weekly Disney comics magazine titled Miki, containing mostly short stories. Unfortunately also this title was cancelled after two years.

In 1993 Ana Yayıncılık began publishing Disney Dünyası and was later taken over by Doğan Yayıncılık, which built a partnership with Egmont in Denmark, which then put out Donald Amca in place of Disney Dünyası and accompanied it by a new Mickey Mouse monthly.