2 Setting up the Müteferrika Press

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Kitap Bölümü

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2025

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De Gruyter

Setting up the Mteferrika Press The Story of How the Mteferrika Press Came into BeingThe establishment of a Turkish Muslim printing press, a startup company in an Ottoman context, was a complex and complicated undertaking.It required the availability of financial resources, access to printing know-how, supply of equipment and raw materials, employment of capable workers and proofreaders, provision of good management, following up a clear editorial vision, and finally, adhering to the rules of profitable marketing.brahim Mteferrika's earliest known attempt at printing took place in 1719 or 1720.Although no Ottoman document was found so far to confirm this, certain authors claim that Grand Vizier Nevehirli Damad brahim Pasha -shortly after he took office in 1718 -granted Mteferrika the right to print maps. 1 A surviving woodblock of a nautical map of the Sea of Marmara, presumably prepared by Mteferrika, contains an unsigned note dated 1132/1719-1720 that reads as follows: "My Excellency, if you so order, even larger [maps] can be produced" (Benim devletl efendim eer fermnnz olursa da bykleri yaplur).It is believed that a copy printed from this woodblock was presented to the grand vizier, but no surviving printed copy of this map has been found.hsan Sungu had the opportunity to see the woodblock and published a print of it in 1928.Two more prints were published later. 2 However, the present location of the woodblock is unknown. 3 According to Kemal zdemir's estimation, the g…

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