Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | James Carlile McCoan |
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Founded | 1856 |
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Ceased publication | 1914 |
Headquarters | Constantinople |
Country | Ottoman Empire |
Sister newspapers | Constantinople Messenger |
OCLC number | 556630285 |
Levant Herald was a bilingual newspaper which existed in the period 1856–1914 in Constantinople. It was founded by British subjects of the Ottoman Empire. The paper had English and French language editions. [1] Published more than fifty years it was one of the long-lived publications in the Empire. [2] However, it was banned from time to time during its run.
Levant Herald was started in 1856 under the title Galata Courier. [3] [4] Its founder was James Carlile McCoan who also edited it. [5] The paper was temporarily closed down in the period between 29 May and 24 July 1878. [6] The weekly edition of the paper was Constantinople Messenger which was first published on 24 July 1878. [7] Constantinople Messenger was an eight-page publication which was published on Wednesdays. [8] From 1890 to its closure in 1914 the paper was published under the title The Levant Herald and Eastern Express. [9]
Edgar Whitaker was one of the editors of the paper which covered all significant events of the period, including Ottoman-Russian relations, the Bulgarian issue, tensions in the Balkans and the Russo-Ottoman War. [7] Najib Al Hajj was the Cairo correspondent of the paper. [10] It was one of the supporters of Ottoman Sultan Murad V [7] and received financial aid from Khedive Ismail of Egypt in the 1870s. [4] The paper also played a role in the formation of the opposition against Abdulhamit, another Ottoman ruler. [7]
Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad includes references to Levant Herald in Chapter 34. [8] In the book it is stated that due to its frequent reports about the rebels in Crete the paper was often censored by the Ottoman authorities in the late 1860s. [8] Levant Herald sold 5,200 copies in 1907. [11] It ceased publication in 1914. [3]