Şehbal
| Şehbal: revue illustrée ottomane | |
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| Area of Expertise | Culture |
| language | Ottoman-Turkish |
| First edition | 1909 |
| attitude | 1914 |
| editor | Huseyin Saadeddin Arel |
| Web link | Şehbal |
| ZDB | 2775482-0 |
Şehbal ( Ottoman شهبال; İA : Şehbāl ; German : "Schwungfeder, Flügel") was an Ottoman magazine. It was published in Istanbul between 1909 and 1914 . The editor Hüseyin Saadeddin Arel (1880–1955), actually a lawyer, was a famous musicologist and composer of Turkish classical music of the 20th century. Another head of the magazine was the Armenian diplomat Jacques Sayabalian . A total of 100 issues appeared fortnightly, on the 1st and 15th of the Maliye month , each with a length of 20 pages. The large page format in about A3 size and the use of new printing techniques, for example three-color printing, with numerous photographs and illustrations were striking.
French magazines such as “Figaro Salon” or “ L'Illustration ” served as models for the magazine, both in terms of design and content . The aim of the magazine was to spread idealistic as well as technical progress and to cover a wide range of topics. These ranged from contributions on political, social and legal sciences to natural science, technology and philosophy. Readers were also informed about child rearing, women's rights and the role of women in society. Pages on current historical events were published as well as topics on sports and the visual arts. Musical contributions, for which the editor under the pseudonym Bedi Mensi was largely responsible, were given particular importance . The entertainment pages included stories and novels from their own as well as English and American literature. In addition, plays and poems by well-known writers were printed. Numerous competitions involved the readers in the design of the magazine and were intended to stimulate cultural life. Awards ceremonies crowned the winners of the competitions. For example, people were asked to compose a piece of music, there were photo and caricature competitions, as well as translations of operas. A translation competition was held to find terms for Ottoman words for certain French terms. The 100th issue, which appeared on July 23, 1914/10 Temmuz 1330 as a special issue, was the last issue without prior notice.
A complete and freely accessible online version of the journal can be found in the digital collections of the University and State Library of Bonn .
literature
- Sabine Praetor: Şehbal - An outstanding example of the early Turkish magazine press. In: Turcica. Vol. 29, 1997, pp. 433-442.
- Yılmaz Öztuna: Arel. In: Büyük Türk Mûsikîsi Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 1, Ankara 1990, pp. 67-94.
Web links
- Online version: Şehbal
- Homepage of the Bonn digitization project: www.translatio.uni-bonn.de
- Digital collections of the ULB Bonn: Arabic, Persian and Ottoman-Turkish periodicals
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Archive link ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sabine Praetor: “Şehbal - An outstanding example of early Turkish magazine press”, in: Turcica, Vol. 29, 1997, pp. 433–442.
- ↑ http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5:1-69615
- ↑ http://s2w.hbz-nrw.de/ulbbn/nav/classification/3085779