Apoyevmatini
Apoyevmatini (in
Apoyevmatini has a circulation of approximately 600 hard copies,[1][2] meaning that it is reaching almost every Greek home in Istanbul.[3][4] Since the newspaper is being distributed mostly manually by a handful of distributors,[5] in order to cover interested off-city limits parties it is also available in electronic form, via subscription through the Internet.
History
Apoyevmatini was initially founded
In 1927 Grigorios Giaveridis (Γρηγόριος Γιαβερίδης) becomes editor-in-chief until his death, on 1 August 1979. After this date, his brother-in-law Dr. Georgios Adosoglou (Γεώργιος Αδόσογλου) along with his brother, Vasileios Adosoglou (Βασίλειος Αδόσογλου) followed up in the administrative duties. In their times another
In September 1955 during the anti-Greek
After Dr. Georgios' Adosoglou death on 21 June 2002, ownership of Apoyevmatini was transferred to his sister, Efsevia Adosoglou (Ευσεβία Αδόσογλου), with the newspaper declining to a circulation of barely 80 copies per day, managing to survive only through minor incoming funds from donations and announcements.[9] Since 1 January 2003, Michael Vasiliadis (Μιχαήλ Βασιλειάδης) has been the editor-in-chief of Apoyevmatini.
In July 2011, Apoyevmatini declared that it would shut down due to financial difficulties: the newspaper faced closure due to financial problems that had been further aggravated by the economic crisis in Greece, when Greek companies quickly stopped publishing advertisements. This ignited a campaign to help the newspaper. Among others, the supporters were mostly students from İstanbul Bilgi University who subscribed to the newspaper and ran a campaign including video spots calling for help, with the slogan 'Apoyevmatini is our Cultural Heritage too' (in Turkish: "Bu gazete bizim de kültür mirasımızdır".[10] The campaign saved the paper from bankruptcy for the time being. Because the Greek community is close to extinction, money from occasional obituary notices and from the announcements of the various Greek-orthodox foundations of Istanbul, as well as subscriptions by Greek and Turkish people, are the only sources of income. As of 2011 this income covered only 40 percent of the newspaper expenditures.[11]
This was followed in September 2011 by a government cash grant of 45,000 Turkish liras to the newspaper through the Turkish Press Advertisement Institution (Basın İlan Kurumu), as part of a wider support of minority newspapers.[12]
The Turkish Press Advertisement Agency also declared intention to publish official government advertisements in religious-minority newspapers including 'Apoyevmatini'.[13]
In October 2014 Apoyevmatini had to leave its historical office[14] which has housed it since 1925, in Suriye Pasajı. Five years later, in 2019, the editors described the newspaper's future as "uncertain".[15]
Content
Besides news generally expected to be found in daily newspapers, Apoyevmatini contains news and matters of interest for the Greek minority in Turkey, including official announcements of the
Printing methods
During earlier years the newspaper was being produced using
Until December 2007 the technology behind the process of preparing each issue was unsatisfactory. Due to lack of funds, each page was prepared by hand; the infrastructure installed in the newspaper's office consisted of a
Notes
- ^ http://www.sae.gr/?id=17639 Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
- ^ Thumann, M: Die Zeit, 22 Nov 2007, pp. 46–47, "Ein Volk, ein Staat, ein Krieg"
- ^ "Greeks in Turkey Today". Archived from the original on 7 July 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "Greeks Living in Turkey".
- ^ Politico - The little Greek newspaper that could (in Turkey)
- ^ http://www.sofiatimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14876&Itemid=86 (in Greek)
- ^ "[URBAN LEGENDS] Turkey's Greek daily Apoyevmatini runs against th…". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012.
- ^ Vryonis Speros Jr. September 6, 1955: Krystallnacht in Constantinople. orthodoxytoday.org
- ^ Broussard Ph., L'EXPRESS, issue 2840, 8 Dec 2005, p. 64
- ^ Milliyet - "APOYEVMATiNi KÜLTÜR MiRASIMIZDIR"
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News, 12 July 2011 Turkey’s sole Greek daily off the hook
- ^ Dardaki azınlık gazetelerine bayram gecesi yardımı... Sabah, 8 September 2011 [1]
- ^ Minority Newspaper Meets with The Turkish Press Advertising Agency Greek Europe Reporter, 28 July 2011 [2]
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News - Historical Greek daily in Turkey to close office, but editor vows to keep going [3]
- ^ Politico - The little Greek newspaper that could (in Turkey)
- ^ "Greek Community's Oldest Newspaper Lives on by Xerox". Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ^ Yildiz A., Zaman, 20 April 2004, "Greek Community's Oldest Newspaper Lives on By Xerox".