Malumat
 Cover page | |
| Categories | Political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Ibn Hakkı Mehmet Tahir |
| Founded | 1894 |
| First issue | February 1894 |
| Final issue | 1903 |
| Country | Ottoman Empire |
| Based in | Istanbul |
| Language |
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| OCLC | 24325961 |
Malumat(Ottoman Turkish:The Information), also known asMusavver Malumat(Ottoman Turkish:The Pictorial Information), was an Ottoman weekly literary and political magazine which was published in Istanbul in the period 1894–1903.[1]It was circulated during the reign ofSultan Abdulhamitand was one of his supporters.[1]Renée Worringer, a Canadian scholar on the Islamic and Middle East history, describesMalumatas the mouthpiece forYıldız Palacewhich refers to the Hamidian era.[2]
History and profile
[edit]Malumatwas started in 1894, and the first issue appeared in February 1894.[1]Its license holder and publisher was Mehmet Tahir who was an ardent supporter of Sultan Abdulhamit with whom he had close connections.[1]Another figure related to the magazine was Artin Asedoryan who was cited as the owner from 1895 to the 48th issue.[3]Malumatappeared on Thursdays and billed itself as a literary, scientific and political journal.[1]However, its political content became much more salient than its literary material.[1]It contained both Ottoman Turkish and French articles.[4]Notable contributors includedTevfik Fikret,Cenap Şahabettin,Ahmet Rasim,[5]Yusuf Akçura,Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın,Ahmet Muhtar Paşa,Ahmet Mithatand Nazif Sururi.[1]
In Beirut an Arabic edition ofMalumatwas published entitledAl Malumat.[3]One of the rivals ofMalumatwasServet-i Fünun,a progressiveavant-gardeOttoman literary magazine.[1][6]
Malumat,Al MalumatandServet,a newspaper also published by Mehmet Tahir, covered news accusing theDutch colonial ruleof being hostile to theMuslimsliving in theDutch East Indies,includingJava.[3]Upon these news the Dutch ambassador Wilhelm Ferdinand Heinrich von Weckherlin sent a note to the Sultan demanding the cancellation of these publications.[3]The request of the Dutch was followed for a while, but the news continued from 1901.[3]Malumatfolded in 1903.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghiSalih Okumuş; Alev Bal (2011)."Review of the Malumat (Newspaper) in the Respect of Shape, Content and the Authors (the Copies 1-100)".ODU Journal of Social Sciences Research.2(3): 167–168. Archived fromthe originalon 20 February 2022.
- ^Renée Worringer (May 2004). ""Sick Man of Europe" or "Japan of the near East"?: Constructing Ottoman Modernity in the Hamidian and Young Turk Eras ".International Journal of Middle East Studies.36(2): 207–230.doi:10.1017/S0020743804362033.S2CID156657393.
- ^abcdeErol Baykal (2011). "The Ottoman Press and the Dutch East Indies at the beginning of the twentieth century".Turkish Historical Review.2(1): 1–17.doi:10.1163/187754611X570918.
- ^Erin Hyde Nolan (Spring 2019)."The Gift of the Abdülhamid II Albums: The Consequences of Photographic Circulation".Circulation.9(2).hdl:2027/spo.7977573.0009.207.
- ^Cevat Fehmi Baskut (February 1964). "Prominent Figures in Turkish Journalism".International Communication Gazette.10(1): 88.doi:10.1177/001654926401000113.S2CID144350383.
- ^Hatun Altay (2019).Servet Malumat Gazetesi (201-300. Sayılar) Tahlilî Dizin - İnceleme Ve Seçilmiş Metinler(MA thesis) (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet University.
External links
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