''Marmara'' ( hy, Մարմարա) (sometimes "Nor Marmara" - New Marmara) is an

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

-language daily newspaper published since August 31 1940 in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It was established by Armenian journalist and foreign correspondent Souren Shamlian. Initially a weekly newspaper, it was soon published daily due to intense interest. Following Shamlian's death in 1951 his daughter and her husband, Seta and Bedros Zobyan, took over the paper. When the Zobyans left Istanbul for Canada in 1967, they left the paper to

Rober Haddeciyan Rober Haddeciyan (also spelled and pronounced as Haddedjian) ( hy, Ռոպէր Հատտէճեան, born January 26, 1926 in Istanbul, Turkey), also known as Rober Haddeler, is an Armenian writer, playwright, and since 1967 editor-in-chief of '' ...

(also known as Robert Haddeler), a writer and journalist who was already working for the paper. ''Marmara'' uses the

Western Armenian Western Armenian (Classical Armenian orthography, Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standard language, standardized forms of Armenian language, Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Arme ...

language and traditional Mesrobian spelling. It is published six times a week (except on Sundays). The Friday edition contains a section in

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as well. Circulation is reported at 2500 per issue.

External links

Marmara official website
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