gatherings with friends such as bedri rahmi eyüboğlu, abidin dino, necati cumalı, sabahattin eyüboğlu, oktay rıfat and melih cevdet, who had all found themselves in a similar situation after the changes in the ministry of education, led to the idea of bringing out a new magazine together at the end of 1948. financially supported by mahmut dikerdem the literary magazine yaprak was a biweekly. orhan veli was the publisher and the editor in chief, which got him deeply involved with the financial health of the publication, at one point even causing him to sell his coat to cover costs. he had had to sell the paintings given to him as gifts by abidin dino to pay for bringing out the very last issue. yaprak's first issue came out on 1 january 1949, and it was continued for 28 issues in total until june 1950, bringing to public works by many writers and poets including cahit sıtkı tarancı, sait faik abasıyanık, fazıl hüsnü dağlarca, cahit külebi. in yaprak orhan veli's intellectual and opinion leader aspects besides his position as a poet also came to light. he opinionated on the upcoming elections in the magazine. socially conscious poetry by oktay rıfat and melih cevdet were published. in the same time period orhan veli, oktay rıfat and melih cevdet campaigned for nazım hikmet's release from prison, holding a three-day hunger strike. during 1949 orhan veli adapted nasreddin hoca tales into verse, published his last volume of poetry "karşı" and co-translated charles lamb adaptations of shakespeare's "hamlet" and "the merchant of venice" into turkish with şehbal erdeniz.