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. Its name perhaps referred to the French newspaper ''

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Takvim-i Vekayi ''Takvîm-i Vekâyi'' (, meaning "Calendar of Events") was the first fully Turkish language newspaper. It was launched in 1831 by Sultan Mahmud II, taking over from ''Le Moniteur ottoman'' as the official gazette of the Ottoman Empire. With the b ...

'' was published a few months later, intended as a translation of the ''Moniteur'' into

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish (, ; ) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. ...

History

''Le Moniteur ottoman'' was the first Ottoman bulletin. It was apparently inspired by Muhammad Ali's ''

Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya ''Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya'' ( / ALA-LC: ; meaning "the Egyptian affairs") was an Egyptian newspaper (now a government information bulletin) established in 1828 on the order of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, originally titled ''Vekâyi-i M� ...

'', published in Egypt since 1828. 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.''État présent de l'empire ottoman'', p. 169. However, facing the hostility of embassies,''Annuaire des deux mondes : histoire générale des divers États'', p. 814. it was closed in the 1840s. The title of the publication was used in ''Othōmanikos Mēnytōr'' (), the Greek edition of ''Takvim-i vekayi''.

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''Annuaire des deux mondes : histoire générale des divers États''.
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''État présent de l'empire ottoman''.''L'ami de la religion''.
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