Tan (weekly newspaper)

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Tan
TypeWeekly newspaper
PublisherTan Printing Company
Founded1 May 1969
Political alignmentCommunist
Language Turkish
Ceased publication1999
Headquarters Pristina
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Tan (Turkish : Dawn) was a weekly language newspaper published between 1969 and 1999 in Pristina, Kosovo. It was one of the Turkish-language publications started in Yugoslavia. [1]

History and profile

The first issue of Tan appeared on 1 May 1969. [2] The paper was started by the League of Communists of Kosovo. [1] It was published by Tan Printing Company. [3] [4] It was first published on a biweekly basis, but later the frequency was switched to weekly. [1] The goal of the newspaper was to transmit cultural identity of the Turkish-origin people in the region to next generations. [4] Şükrü Zeynullah worked for the paper from 1975 to 1981 as a trade director. [5]

Tan published several supplements and books. Some of its supplements were Çevren ( Turkish for 'Your environment') which was first published in 1973 and Kuş ( Turkish for 'The Bird'), a children's magazine, of which the first issue appeared in 1979. [1] It frequently featured literary work by Turkish-origin authors. [1] The paper ceased publication in 1999. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kerim Karagöz (1991). Yugoslavya'da yayınlanan Türkçe yayınlar (PDF) (MA thesis) (in Turkish). Istanbul University. pp. 5, 14, 16–17, 23–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "'Tan' Gazetesi'nin 50. Yılı Kaydedildi". Kosova Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Hüsrev Tabak (2016). The Kosovar Turks and Post-Kemalist Turkey: Foreign Policy, Socialization and Resistance. London; New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 258. ISBN   978-1-78673-055-8.
  4. 1 2 3 Salih Okumuş (July 2015). "Tan: A Newspaper Published in Turkish Language in Kosovo". Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 4 (1): 85–107. ISSN   2147-1371.
  5. ↑ "Şükrü Zeynullah". Oral History Kosovo. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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