''Jamanak'' (
Armenian: Ժամանակ, meaning "time") is the longest continuously running
Armenian language
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daily newspaper in the world. It is published in
Istanbul
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, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
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Turkey
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.
History
The first issue appeared on October 28, 1908 with Misak Koçunyan as the editor and has been somewhat a family establishment, for it has been owned by the Koçunyan family since its inception. After Misak Koçounyan, it was passed down to Sarkis Koçunyan, and since 1992 to Ara Koçunyan.
Many illustrious names in
Armenian literature have been contributors to the paper, including
Krikor Zohrab
Krikor Zohrab ( hy, Գրիգոր Զոհրապ; 26 June 1861 – 1915) was an influential Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Constantinople (now Istanbul). At the onset of the Armenian genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government a ...
,
Daniel Varujan,
Vahan Tekeyan,
Yerukhan
Yervant Srmakeshkhanlian, ( hy, Երուանդ Սրմաքէշխանլեան; 1870 – 1915) known by his pen name Erukhan ( hy, Երուխան) or Yerukhan, was an Armenian writer of late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was killed during the Arm ...
,
Gomidas,
Hovhannes Tumanyan,
Teotig
Teotoros "Teotig" Labdjindjian ( hy, Թեոդորոս "Թէոդիկ" Լապճինճեան, 1873; Üsküdar, Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire – 1928; Paris, France) was an Armenian people, Armenian writer and publisher best known for h ...
,
Arshaguhi Teotig
Arshaguhi Teotig ( hy, Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ, 1875–1922) was an Armenian social worker, educator, publicist, writer, and translator.
Life
Arshaguhi Teotig was born Arshaguhi Cezveciyan in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul in 1875. ...
,
Ruben Sevak,
Zabel Yesayan,
,
Nigoghos Sarafian
Nigoghos Sarafian ( hy, Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist.
Biography
Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leaving ...
,
Vazken Shushanyan,
Zareh Vorpuni,
Nshan Beshiktashlian
Nshan Beshiktashlian ( hy, Նշան Պէշիկթաշլեան, born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, 1898 - died Paris, France, 1972) was an Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in ...
,
Hagop Mntsuri,
Msho Kegham,
Zahrad
Zareh Yaldizciyan (10 May 192420 February 2007), Զարէհ Եալտըզճեան, better known by his pen name Zahrad ( hy, Զահրատ), was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Armenian language.
Biography
Of Armenian descent, Za ...
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Zaven Biberyan
Zaven Biberyan ( hy, Զաւէն Պիպեռեան; 1921 in Istanbul, Turkey – October 4, 1984) was a Turkish writer, editor, and author of Armenian descent.
Early life
Biberyan was born in Cengelkoy, a district of Istanbul in 1921. He firs ...
,
Toros Azadyan
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*Western District Toros, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia
...
,
Minas Tölelyan
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* Menas of Ethiopia (died 1563)
* Saint Menas (Minas, 285–309)
* Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato, died 250)
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* Minas Avetisyan (1928 ...
, among others.
The newspaper uses the
Western Armenian
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language and traditional Mesrobian spelling.
The editorial offices are located in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.
See also
*
Media of Armenia
References
Links
Jamanak Daily
Newspapers published in Istanbul
Newspapers established in 1908
Armenian-language newspapers
1908 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Daily newspapers published in Turkey
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