''Diyojen'' (“Diogenes“) was the first Ottoman satirical magazine of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. The first issue was published in

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on 24 November 1870 by the satirist Teodor Kasap (1835-1905). The caricatures published in ''Diyojen'' appeared without signs of the artists. It came out weekly in three year's issues and was banned for good in 1873 after 183 numbers.Tobias Heinzelmann. (1999). ''Die Balkankrise in der osmanischen Karikatur: Die Satirezeitschriften Karagöz, Kalem und Cem 1908–1914'', Stuttgart: Steiner. Apart from satirical pieces, the magazine became known for its caricatures and the translation of French literature. Kasap, who also worked as journalist and playwright, published other satirical magazines after the ban. In ''Hayal'' (“Fantasy” or “Illusion“), which existed from 1873 until 1877, he among other things used caricatures and satirical articles to criticize the arbitrary press law.

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