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Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 48 p., b/w ills. The Turkish minority press in Bulgaria. Its history and tragedy, 1865-1985. The origin of the Turkish press in Bulgaria goes back to the Ottoman period. In 1865 a provincial printinghouse was founded by Midhat Pasaha at Roustchouk (Russe), the capital of the Danube province of the Ottoman Empire, now the north part of Bulgaria. The same year the first Turkish newspaper named Tuna (Danube) was published in the same place. This paper was closed on the day of Russian occupation, 13th of June 1877. In 1867 a magazine in Turkish called Mecra-i Efkâr (Stream of Opinions), and then in 1875 a bilingual newspaper named Günes / Soleil were published in Russe. Also other publications in Turkish and Bulgarian were printed in the Danube province printinghouse.