with the departure of hasan âli yücel as the minister of education following the 1946 elections, the translations office he had founded lost its prominence in the ministry. kanık resigned shortly after. in later years he would point to the discomfort of the oppressive atmosphere that had taken over the ministry with the incoming minister reşat şemsettin sirer as the reason for his resignation. he started writing essays and reviews in the newspapers "hür" and "zincirli hürriyet" published by mehmet ali aybar. in 1948 he translated la fontaine's tales into turkish and published his "yolcu notları" in the "ulus" newspaper.