Publisher | Ottoman government |
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Founded | 1831 |
Language | French |
Ceased publication | 1840s |
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]
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]