Türkiye'de Rum Basını

Printing first started to be used in 15th. century within thi borders of the Ottoman State. Printing technology first used by the Jews and than by armenian communities of the Ottoman State. The Greek community of the Empire also used printing stating from 1627. The first Greek newspapers and journalls appeared in İzmir in 1831 and than similar activities followed by the communuty's branches in Tsellonik and Istanbul where the Greeks constitute an important part of the population and an important part of the socio-economically active strata, among the publicitions in Ottoman era the Greek publications had placed the first rank. The Greek community was also influential in publishing the newspapers and journals in Turkish especially during the period between 1860-1922. Today, although the number of publications in Greek severely decreased in comparison with the former period, two newspapers still continue to be published.