@article{2019,title={OTTOMAN MODERNISATION AND PRESS: A STUDY ON THE NEWSPAPER OF CERİDE-İ HAVADİS},abstractNode={The press played major role in the process of the Ottoman modernisation. This phenomenon which manifested itself in the social, cultural and political transformations in the empire during 19th century came to the fore especially after 1860s. When the prominent intellectuals revealed their ideas on this great transformation (later-called modernisation/westernisation) in many periodicals and journals, new cultural forms also began to be spread by press at the same time. This transformation had, indeed, a background started after promulgation of the Tanzimat Edict in 1839 and in this context Ceride-i Havadis as the first semi-private journal had an important place. Analysing the collections of Ceride-i Havadis between 1840 and 1850, this article intends to demonstrate its probable influences on the Ottoman modernisation in 19th century. For this purpose, the news and the writings that were published in the journal are examined under two topics. In the first chapter, the news and the writings that might shed light on the backgrounds of political developments in the empire after 1860s are discussed and particularly some political concepts are analysed. Second chapter is dedicated the news and the writings related to cultural and social life. Focusing the penetrating of new forms of life and consuming culture into Ottoman world, this chapter tries to display the leading role of Ceride-i Havadis in this change. Main purpose of the study is to designate the spesific place of Ceride-i Havadis at the earlier stages of the Ottoman modernisation. Therefore, it becomes more clear that the dynamics of Ottoman modernisation which became more apparent after 1860 were to some extent the consequence of a cumulative process.},author={Aytaç YILDIZ},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis}}