Editing Magazine (section)

=== Turkey ===

==== General ====
The ''Moniteur Ottoman'' was a gazette written in [[French language|French]] and first published in 1831 on the order of [[Mahmud II]]. It was the first [[Government gazette|official gazette]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], edited by Alexandre Blacque at the expense of the [[Sublime Porte]]. Its name perhaps referred to the French newspaper ''[[Le Moniteur Universel]]''. It was issued weekly. ''[[Takvim-i Vekayi|Takvim-i vekayi]]'' was published a few months later, intended as a translation of the ''Moniteur'' into [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]. 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. However, facing the hostility of embassies, it was closed in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Qiling |first=Ma'muriyatiga Murojaat |title=Usually a periodical publication: MAGAZINE |work=hozir.org  |date=2019 |url=http://hozir.org/usually-a-periodical-publication.html }}</ref>

==== Satire ====
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[[Satirical magazines of Turkey|Satirical magazines]] of Turkey have a long tradition. One of the earliest satirical magazines was ''[[Diyojen]]'' which was launched in 1869. There are around 20 satirical magazines; the leading ones are ''[[Penguen]]'' (70,000 weekly circulation), ''LeMan'' (50,000) and ''Uykusuz''. Historical examples include [[Oğuz Aral]]'s magazine ''[[Gırgır]]'' (which reached a circulation of 500,000 in the 1970s) and ''[[Marko Paşa]]'' (launched in 1946). Others include ''L-Manyak'' and ''Lombak''.