An Examination of the Doğuş Adventure of Ahtar Newspaper and its Place and Importance in Iranian Printing Cover Image

Ahtar Gazetesi’nin Doğuş Serüveni ve İran Matbuatındaki Yeri ve Öneminin İncelenmesi
An Examination of the Doğuş Adventure of Ahtar Newspaper and its Place and Importance in Iranian Printing

Author(s): Eyyup Othan
Subject(s): Media studies, The Ottoman Empire, Theory of Literature
Published by: SD Yayınevi
Keywords: Ahtar Newspaper; Persian; Iranian Printing Press; Ottoman Empire;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the place occupied by Akhtar newspaper in the Iranian printing press and the rationale for its emergence and publication adventure were examined by focusing on the importance of the newspaper. Ahtar has been a unique newspaper that has been growing in influence and surroundings since the first day it started publication. So much so that the group gathered around him was called the Ahteri sect. The newspaper has become a pioneer and model for Persian-language newspapers that will be published both outside Iran and inside Iran after him. The topics covered in the Ahtar newspaper range from politics to law, from literature to history, from education to trade. In order to enlighten Persian speakers in the political field, Akhtar has explained concepts such as civilization, freedom, equality, nation, homeland and ittihad-ı Islam and reinterpreted them by observing the conditions of the period. Ahtar newspaper informed people in Iran, the Caucasus, and India about these issues by including constitutional and constitutional debates in the Ottoman Empire in the newspaper.

  • Issue Year: 8/2022
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 34-50
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish