Description

Ruse, Bulgaria: D. M. Drobnjak 1906.

This handsome, unusual ephemeral poster in Ottoman language was made to advertise a subscription for two Ottoman newspapers in Bulgaria: Tuna Gazetesi and Uhuvvet Gazetesi (Danube Magazine and Brotherhood Magazine).

The Uhuvvet Gazetesi was published from 1904 to 1906 and the daily Tuna Gazetesi between 1906 and 1911. The editor of both was Mehmed Teftiş.

A large amount of Ottomans, that inhabited the territories of today’s Romania and Bulgaria, remained in the territory even after the Bulgarian independence in 1908 and they continued publishing several newspapers in their language until the beginning od World War II.

The calligraphy, shaped in a form of a pear is a traditional form in the Islamic art. It is connected with several positive symbols, omens and believes.

References: Cf.: Ökkeş Narinç, 1844-1944 yillari arasinda Bulgaristan’da yayinlanan türkçe gazeteler (Български Периодичен Печат 1844-1944- Анотиран Библиографски Указател Том III), ANKARAD, 2021, 2(3), pp.173-200, (on-line source: 1831450 (dergipark.org.tr); Haluk Selvi – Deniz Bulut, Bulgaristan’da Türkçe Bir Gazete: Rumeli ve Tarık Mümtaz Göztepe, VAKANÜVİS- Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi/ International Journal of Historical Researches, Yıl/Vol. 8, Özel Sayı: Dr. Recep Yaşa’ya Armağan (Special Issue: A Tribute to Dr. Recep Yaşa), I (on-line source: 3077361 (dergipark.org.tr)); Fatih Özkafa, Pear-Shaped Designs in Islamic Calligraphy Art. THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CHANGING WORLD AND SOCIAL RESEARCH I (ICWSR’2015 -VIENNA) (2015), on-line source).