The circumstances of World War II led to increased press censorship. As Turkish press publications were reshaped according to a changing political strategy, the Turkish government's maneuvers were reflected in its foreign policy, which shifted according to the political circumstances during the war. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' efforts to establish maximum relations with all Axis or Allied powers in order to stay out of the war led to significant developments. Significant developments occurred in 1940, the period when the Axis powers began invading the Balkans and the growing reaction in the Turkish press against the Axis powers, which quickly invaded even the Balkan states that had declared neutrality. The dangers that emerged in the Balkans and the Aegean Sea in October 1940, when Italy attacked Greece, played a role. In the same year, Germany occupied Hungary and Romania, and the Turkish press's position on German hegemony over Romania and its impact on the situation in the Balkans became clear. Furthermore, the Turkish press's position on the Italian attack on Greece, a neighboring country, and its sympathy with the Greeks in defending their country were also highlighted. In the first half of 1941, the atmosphere of Axis dominance prevailed in the Balkans. After the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece in the first half of 1941 and the complete control of the Axis powers over the Balkans, the comments in the Turkish newspapers also changed. Anti-Axis articles in the Turkish press increased, and the harsh tone was evident in the articles published in the newspapers in the spring of 1941. It was clear that the Turkish press was under the control of the Turkish government and that its positions largely reflected the foreign policy of the Turkish government.