Zaman (Cyprus)

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Zaman ( ) was a Cyprus Turkish newspaper.

The first edition appeared on the 25th. December 1891, as a publication of an Ottoman reading room. Although the merchant Hacı Derviş Efendi was named as the official concessionaire, the Ottoman Reading Room was the real owner.

In 1892, in addition to the actual Zaman, seven other magazines were published in different languages:

The Times of Cyprus: weekly edition, in English.
The Owl: weekly edition, in English.
Kıbrıs: weekly edition, in Turkish.
Alitia: weekly edition, in Modern Greek.
Kipros: weekly edition, in modern Greek.
Fonitis Kipru: weekly edition, in Modern Greek.
Salpinks: weekly edition, in Modern Greek.
ENOSIS: weekly edition, in Modern Greek.
Evagoras: weekly edition, in modern Greek.

When there were political disputes between the Sultans and the Young Turks within the editorial board, the Young Turks separated in 1892 and published the newspaper Yeni Zaman, which they later renamed Kıbrıs.

According to the research department and national archive of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Zaman is the oldest Turkish newspaper on the island. The unofficially first Turkish newspaper was the Ümid and appeared one year after the rule of the British, in 1879.

Weblinks
Kıbrıs Türk Basını ve Türkiye Hükümetleri I1 (Osmanlı Dönemi) (1878-1910) , Turkish Press in Cyprus during the Ottoman period (Turkish).

Newspaper (Cyprus)
Media (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
First published in 1891