İkdam

İkdam ("Effort") was a newspaper in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. In the period of its publication, in the city of Constantinople, now known in English as Istanbul, it became the most popular newspaper.[2]

The front page of İkdam on 4 November 1918 after the Three Pashas fled the country following World War I. It reads: "Their response to eliminate the Armenian problem was to attempt the elimination of the Armenians themselves."[1]

Ahmet Cevdet Oran established it in 1894. It initially advocated for Turkism but held a critical attitude towards the Committee of Union and Progress after the Young Turk Revolution had occurred. It was disestablished in 1928.[2]

References

Bedrosyan, Raffi (7 January 2016). "The Implications of Turkey's Renewed War on the Kurds". Armenian Weekly.
Somel, Selcuk Aksin. Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 13 February 2003. ISBN 0810866064, 9780810866065. p. 128-129.

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[1] Bedrosyan, Raffi (7 January 2016). "The Implications of Turkey's Renewed War on the Kurds". Armenian Weekly.

[Somelp129-2] Somel, Selcuk Aksin. Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 13 February 2003. ISBN 0810866064, 9780810866065. p. 128-129.