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Ottoman Turkish Collections in the Library of Congress

Ottoman Newspapers and Periodicals

The Near East Section holds a collection of Ottoman Turkish newspapers and periodicals, which includes approximately 120 number of titles, covering history, foreign relations, literature, law, military and geography, primarily from 1870 to 1920. This collection may be accessed through the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room in LJ-229. There are microfilm readers in the reading room for researchers' use. Appointments to use the Ottoman newspapers or periodicals may be requested through Ask a Librarian.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Ottoman Newspapers and Periodicals

Ottoman Newspapers
Ottoman Periodicals

The Ottoman newspapers listed below are microfilmed and the Np number is the call number for the newspaper microfilm.

al-Iṣlāh.
Call Number: Np 284
Published/Created: No. 1 (3 ukt. 1907)-
Tatar Russian newspaper from Kazan
Ceride-yi havadis. by Edited and published by Vilyam Çörçil. Cf. S. Nüzhet, Türk
Call Number: DR565 .C47 Ott Turk Cage
Published/Created: Began with: Numara 1 (1 Cemazeyilahir 1256 [31 July 1840]); ceased with: Numara 1212 (24 Rabiulahir 1280 [26 September 1864]).
Published in Istanbul Turkey Later frequency Weekly, 28 September 1847-26 September 1864
Former frequency Three times per month, 31 July 1840-19 September 1847
Cumhuriyet.
Call Number: Np 98 Microfilm
Published/Created: 1924 - 1928 Ottoman Turkish
Published in Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script), 1924-1928
Djagadamart
Call Number: Np 2828 Microfilm
Published/Created: 1918:Nov.20-1923:Dec.31
Varient titles: Chakatamart, Cagadamard published in Istanbul Turkey
Manzari shark
Call Number: Np 5681 Newspaper Reading Room
Published/Created: 1841:Aug.7-Nov.5
Published in Smyrna [Turkey]
Sabah.
Call Number: Np 101 Microfilm
Published/Created: 1889:Feb.8-1908:Aug.29
Istanbul Ottoman Turkish newspaper
Shams
Call Number: Np 2731 Microfilm
Published/Created: 1908:Sept.5-1909:Sept.15
Published 1908:Sept.5-1909:Sept.15 in Ottoman Turkish in Istanbul Turkey.
Siralu'l Mustqim
Call Number: Np 3102 Microfilm
Published/Created: 1910:Feb.26-1911:Apr.21
Published in Istanbul Turkey in Ottoman Turkish
1910:Feb.26-1911:Apr.21
Tasvir-i efkâr by Şinasi,
Call Number: DR568 .T375 Ott Turk
Published/Created: no.201-300 (31 May 1864-24 May 1865), no.303-450 (2 June 1865-2 Sept. 1867)
Edited by: İbrahim Şinasi, 1862-1865; Namık Kemal, 1865-1867; Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, 1867-1868.
Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection, no. 1854, 1963.
Tercumān. by [Bakhchisaraǐ [Istanbul, Turkey] : Ismail Gasprinskiĭ, 1883-1917]
Call Number: Np 250 Microfilm
Published/Created: sane nūmrū 1 (10 abrīl 1883 sane)-36, no 232 (12go dek. 1917 g.).
Daily, Oct. 7, 1912-Dec. 12, 1917
Former frequency Weekly, Apr. 10, 1883-Nov. 17, 1903; Apr. 6, 1907-Aug. 31, 1907; Sept. 7, 1908-Sept. 28, 1912
Two no. a week, Nov. 24, 1903-Aug. 30, 1905; Sept. 7, 1907-Aug. 31, 1908
Three no. a week, Sept. 2, 1905-Mar. 30, 1907

Below is a selected list of Ottoman periodicals in various subjects. Some have been microfilmed and have microfilm numbers while others have Library of Congress Classification call numbers. The full search results of the 112 bound Ottoman Turkish periodicals can be obtained in the catalog.loc.gov using limits to the African and Middle Eastern Division and Ottoman Turkish language. The full search result is also available here (PDF, 122KB).

Afak : siyasiyattan başka her şeyden bahseder ve cüz cüz neşr olunur risale-i mevkutadır.
Call Number: PL201 .A35 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Matbaa-yi Osmaniye 1882
Turkish literature--History and criticism. Began with numera 1 (20 zilhicce 1299 [Nov. 3, 1882]); ceased with numera 7 (23 cemaziyelevvel 1300 [Apr. 3, 1883]. Frequency Monthly
Darülelhan mecmuası.
Call Number: ML5 .D25 Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Evkaf-ı İslamiye Matbaası, 1924-1926.
Music periodical -Publication History: Sene 1, numero 1 (1 Şubat 1340 [1 Feb. 1924])-sene 2, numero 7 (1 Şubat [1]926 [1 Feb. 1926]).
Düstur.
Call Number: KKX12 .T865 Ott Turk Cage
Published/Created: [Istanbul] : Matbaa-i Amire Began with [1. tertip, cilt 1] in 1279 [1863].
Digitized as part of the Abdul-Hamid Gift Collection. Law reports, digests, etc -Annual (irregular)
Hazine-yi evrak. by Mahmut Celâleddin, publisher.
Call Number: Micro 4256 Part of the Abdul Hamid Iii Microfilm Collection
Published/Created: [Istanbul]: [Mihran Matbaası], 1297 [1881]-
Digitized as part of the Abdul-Hamid II gift collection
Began with: Sene 1, numara 1 (1 Mayıs 1297 [13 May 1881]); ceased with: Sene 2, numara 20, published in 1303 [1886]?
İlmiye salnamesi : Meşihat-i Celile-yi İslâmiyenin ceride-yi resmiyesine mülhakdır.
Call Number: BP63.T8 I46 Ott Turk
Published/Created: Darü'l-Hilâfeti'l-Aliye [İstanbul] : Matbaa-yı Âmire
Islam Periodicals cilt1, sayı1 (1915)
İslam medeniyetine ve Türk harsına aid Millî tetebbular mecmuası : din, ahlak, hukuk, iktisad, lisaniyat, bediiyat, fenniyat, bünye-i içtimaiye tedkikatı by Köprülüzade Mehmet Fuat editor
Call Number: DR401 .I85 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Âsâr-i İslâmiye ve Milliye Tedkik Encümeni, 1331 [1915]
Began with: Cilt 1, sayı 1 (Mart-Nisan 1331 [March-April 1915]); ceased with: Cilt 2, sayı 5 (Teşrinisani-Kanunuevvel 1331 [November-December 1915]).
Jandarma evamir mecmuası.
Call Number: HV7800.5.A2 J36 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Jandarma Matbaası [1330] 1914
Turkey--Armed Forces and Polis Periodical
Began with: Numara 1 (1330 [1914]); ceased with: Numara 291 (1928).
Maarif.
Call Number: Q4 .M23 Ott Turk Cage
Published/Created: İstanbul : Kasbar Matbaası ve Kütüphanesi, 1891-
Science periodical- Description based on: 1. sene, numara 1 (26 Muharrem 1309 [1 September 1891]); title from title page.
Latest issue consulted: 3. sene, numara 203 (19 Cumadayilevvel 1313 [7 November 1895]).
Mecmua-i fünūn-i askeriye.
Call Number: Micro 4258 Part of the Abdul Hamid II Microfilm Collections
Published/Created: İstanbul : Harbiye Nezareti, ʻUmum Erkān Ḥarbiye Dāʼiresi, 1882-
Digitized as part of the Abdul Hamid II Gift Collection Variant title Meǧmūʻa-i fünūn-i ʻaskeriye
Fünun askeriye Jamādī al-Ākhir 1299 (Apr. 1882)-
Mecmua-yi seneviye-yi bahriye.
Call Number: DR451 .M33 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Bahriye Matbaası, 1331 [1915]-1342 [1926]
Turkey--History, Naval--Periodical. Began with: 1. sene (1331 [1915]); ceased with 6. sene (1342 [1926]).
Mecmua-yi ulûm.
Call Number: AP95.T8 .M43 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Mekteb-i Sanayi Şahhâne Matbaası, 1296-1297 [1879-1880]
Semi monthly Science Periodical Issue no. 3 (1 Muharrem 1297 [1879])--contains directory of current political officials throughout the Ottoman Empire.
Mekteb. by İstanbul : Mahmud Bey Matbaası.
Call Number: AP95.T8 M44 Ott Turk
Published/Created: 1ci sene, no.1 (26 Temmuz 1307 [8 Aug. 1891]) - 5ci cilt, adet 72 (30 Kânun II 1313 [12 Feb. 1898]).
Vols. (cilt) do not correspond to years (sene) ; yrs. 1-2 numbered consecutively 1-100 ; yrs. 3 - part of yr. 4 numbered consecutively 1-39 ; part of yr. 4 - yr.5 numbered consecutively 1-72.
Mirʼat-i alem.
Call Number: Micro 4255 Part of the Abdul Hamid II Microfilm Collection
Published/Created: İstanbul : [Mirʼat-i alem], 1299 [i.e. 1881]
Geography Periodical. Digitized as part of the Abdul Hamid II Gift Collection.
Publication History Numara 1 (1 Muharram 1299 = 23 Tişrin-i Sani 1881)- ; sene 1, jild 1, adet 1 (14 Ramazan 1301 = 25 Haziran 1300 i.e. 1884)-
Muhazarat : muktatafât.
Call Number: Micro 4272 Part of the Abdul Hamid Iii Microfilm Collection
Published/Created: İstanbul : Muhazarat ve muktatafât. Began with 1. cilt, numara 1 (1 Rebiyülevvel 1300 [10 Jan. 1883]).
Digitized as part of the Abdul Hamid II Gift Collection.
Description based on: 1. cilt, numara 1 (1 Rebiyülevvel 1300 [10 Jan. 1883]); title from cover. Latest issue consulted: 1. cilt, numara 13/14/15/16 (Ramazan 1300 [July 1883]).
Ticaret layihaleri ...
Call Number: HF1583.4 .T525 Ott Turk
Published/Created: [Istanbul] Necim istikbal matbaāsi, 19
numara7 (1912)
Tiyātrū = Tiyatro
Call Number: PN2959 .T585 Turk
Published/Created: Şişli, İstanbul : İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Şehir Tiyatroları Müdürlüğü,
Şehir Tiyatrosu (Istanbul, Turkey) Ottoman Turkish version is a reprint of numbers 1-86 of a periodical published 1874-1875.
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti devlet salnamesi.
Call Number: DR401 .T8297 Ott Turk
Published/Created: İstanbul : Matbaa-yi Âmire 1927-1928
Almanacs, Turkish--Periodicals. Annual Continued by Türkiye Cümhuriyeti devlet yıllığı