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The Last "Karamanlidika" Newspaper in the Ottoman Empire: Nea Anatoli
Abstract by Dr. Aytek Soner Alpan On Session   (The Written Word)

On Thursday, November 14 at 11:30 am

2024 Annual Meeting

Abstract
The newspaper Ανατoλή [Anatoli, Şark (Tr), Orient (Eng)], established by Evangelinos Misailidis in 1850, occupies a prominent role within this longstanding history. It continued to be published until late 1923, with only brief interruptions. While there is a significant body of literature on Anatoli, having the distinction of being the longest-running Ottoman newspaper published in Turkish, there is a lack of research specifically focusing on Νέα Ανατoλή [Nea Anatoli, Şark-ı Cedid (Tr), New Orient (Eng)]. Nea Anatoli, published between 1922 and 1923, is considered the successor to Anatoli. This paper is on Nea Anatoli, a Turcophone Greek newspaper that was published in the Allied-occupied Constantinople and during the Greco-Turkish war in Anatolia. This discussion will focus on how the newspaper defined and established its own identity, including its editorial line, political stance, and perspective on significant events such as military developments in Anatolia, the collapse of the Greek front, the Fire of Smyrna, the Lausanne Peace Negotiations and Treaty, the Population Exchange, and the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in two years coincided with a crucial period in Greek-Turkish relations and the very final years of the Ottoman Empire. With the end of Nea Anatoli's publishing life, the legacy of Turkish-speaking Greek journalism ceased to exist within the present-day borders of Turkey due to the compulsory expulsion of the majority of Greeks through exile and population exchange. The study of Nea Anatoli, the last element in this lineage, makes a substantial contribution to the historical analysis of the Ottoman press and the history of the Ottoman Greek community.
Discipline
History
Geographic Area
Ottoman Empire
Sub Area
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