Rol' i mesto pervoj russkoyazychnoj gazety «Stambul'skie novosti» v Turcii

Abstract

In 1908, immediately after the Young Turk Revolution, the Russian revolutionary Jalalettin Korkmasov, originally from Dagestan, came to Istanbul at the invitation of the Young Turks, whom he met while studying in Paris. From 1909 to 1910, he published the Russian-language newspaper Istanbul News in the Ottoman capital. The Istanbul News was not only the first continuous publication to appear in the Ottoman Empire, but also the first Russian printed newspaper to be distributed in the East outside of Russia. The newspaper published articles, essays, short stories, essays by famous public figures, cultural figures, politicians of both Russian and Turkish origin. The materials of Turkish authors were published in translation into Russian. Despite the importance of this newspaper as a source on the history of the early years of the Young Turk Revolution, as well as on the history of the Russian and Turkish press, the newspaper has not attracted scientific interest either in Turkey or in Russia so far.