[5] Yeni Adam ceased publication for one year on 3 March 1938 when it was closed by the Turkish government due to its extensive criticism over Nazi Germany.
[3] Throughout its long history many notable figures published articles in Yeni Adam, including Nurullah Ataç, Hüsamettin Bozok, Suphi Nuri İleri, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, and Zühtü Müritoğlu.
[2][8] Yeni Adam supported nationalism, traditionalism, secularism, statism and revolutionary approach[4] and covered articles on different topics such as literature, poetry, psychology, scientific and philosophical news.
[8] The magazine argued that women's sole function was that of being a homemaker, but due to their emotional nature they cannot be successful in public sphere.
[9] For the contributors of Yeni Adam romantic love was a reflection of weakness, immaturity, and sickness, and marriages should be based mutual understanding between men and women from the same or similar social background.
[10] Şadan introduced his three-step scientific treatment of love which was developed based on the principles of modern psychiatry in the magazine.