The Osmanischer Lloyd was a

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daily newspaper in Ottoman

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which was founded after the

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in 1908 and existed until 1918. Between 1908 and 1915 the newspaper was published as bilingual outlet, with each issue having two pages containing French articles. From November 1915 onwards, there were two 4-page newspapers, one in German and another in French. The funding was provided by the German companies

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.Farah, Irmgard (1993). p.106

History

During its existence, it had six different chief editors of which E. M. Grunwald who lasted the longest, from November 1908 to March 1914. Grunwald was dismissed following constant criticism by the

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ambassador to the Ottoman Empire

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over the leadership of the newspaper. Notable contributors and staff members included

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and

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. The following editors in chief all were not directing the newspaper to the satisfaction to the German embassy and in 1918, the Osmanischer Lloyd was closed down.Farah, Irmgard (1993). pp.112–117 During the editorship of Grunwald, the Lloyds subscribers initially rose from 324 to 506 between 1908 and 1911, and then fell again to 349. After the outbreak of

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, the number of subscribers grew by 140. Aside from subscribers, the newspaper was sold to the public, and this number grew constantly from 836 papers sold in November 1908 to 1555 in July 1914Farah, Irmgard (1993). pp.109–110 and during the years of war the newspaper sold up to 6700 newspapers in 1915, 8000 in 1916 and 9885 in 1917. In a report of the chief editor

in 1915, the readership amount of the French edition was presented as being competitive, when comparing it to other Ottoman newspapers in French language, as it sold 1800 editions on a daily basis.

Content

On its first page it published official announcements by the German embassy and articles and opinions concerning the German-Ottoman relations. Ottoman governmental announcements were also published on page one.Farah, Irmgard (1993). p.104 On page two, there were often published translations of articles from the regional press and news provided by the German diplomatic staff or employees in German companies in the Ottoman provinces. In the French edition there were usually published translations of the German articles. The newspaper was confronted also with a strong opposition by the Ottoman press to German influence, which lead to disputes with other newspapers, each presenting their article as the correct view.

References

Newspapers published in Istanbul Newspapers established in 1908 Publications disestablished in 1918 German-language newspapers published in Europe Defunct newspapers published in the Ottoman Empire 1908 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Daily newspapers published in Turkey 1918 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire {{Turkey-newspaper-stub