Moniteur ottoman

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Moniteur ottoman
PublisherOttoman government
Founded1831
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication1840s

The Moniteur ottoman was a newspaper written in French and first published in 1831 on the order of Mahmud II. [1] It was the first official gazette of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Alexandre Blacque at the expense of the Sublime Porte. [1] Its name perhaps referred to the French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel . It was issued weekly. [2] Mahmud II wished to influence Europeans. [3] Takvim-i vekayi was published a few months later, intended as a translation of the Moniteur into Ottoman Turkish. [1]

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History

The Moniteur ottoman was the first Ottoman bulletin. It was apparently inspired by Muhammad Ali's Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya , published in Egypt since 1828. [4]

After having been edited by former Consul for Denmark "M. Franceschi", and later on by "Hassuna de Ghiez", it was lastly edited by Lucien Rouet. [5] However, facing the hostility of embassies, [6] it was closed in the 1840s. [5] The title of the publication was used in Othōmanikos Mēnytōr (Greek : Οθωμανικός Μηνύτωρ), the Greek edition of Takvim-i vekayi. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 État présent de l'empire ottoman, p. 168.
  2. L'ami de la religion, p. 316.
  3. 1 2 Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. ISBN   1317118448, 9781317118442. Google Books PT192.
  4. Nemeth, Titus (2017-07-20). Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age: The Influence of Technology on the Form of Arabic Type, 1908–1993. Brill. p. 29. ISBN   978-90-04-34930-8.
  5. 1 2 État présent de l'empire ottoman, p. 169.
  6. Annuaire des deux mondes : histoire générale des divers États, p. 814.

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