Official Ottoman Gazette Resmî Cerîde 20 May 1926 Turkish Republic

Resmî Cerîde No. 377 – Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, 20 May 1926

Description:

This original Ottoman Turkish issue of Resmî Cerîde, the official publication of the Republic of Turkey, is issue no. 377 of the fourth year of publication, dated 20 May 1926, a Thursday. The price is stated as 100 kuruş. Resmî Cerîde was the official state publication through which laws, regulations, official decisions and other important government matters were formally published.

The publication originated during the National Struggle period, with the official gazette established on 7 October 1920 and its first issue published on 7 February 1921 under the title Cerîde-i Resmîye. In 1925, its name was changed to Resmî Cerîde, while following the 1928 Alphabet Reform it became known as T.C. Resmî Gazete, the name used today.

As an official state publication, Resmî Cerîde played a fundamental role in the legal and administrative functioning of the newly established Republic. The publication of laws and official decisions provided an authoritative means of communicating new legislation and government measures to institutions and the public, making individual issues important contemporary records of the development of the Turkish state.

This particular issue, published in May 1926, belongs to the early Republican period and preserves an authentic example of the official press of the period. For collectors and researchers, original issues are particularly valuable because they provide direct contemporary evidence of the laws, regulations, decisions and administrative affairs recorded by the state during the formative years of the Republic.

As an original Ottoman-script issue of the official state gazette, this publication is an important piece of early Republican ephemera and a valuable primary source for studying the institutional and legal history of Turkey during the period preceding the 1928 Alphabet Reform.

Key Features:

• Type: Original official state gazette

• Publication: Resmî Cerîde

• Issue: No. 377

• Publication Year: 4th Year

• Date: 20 May 1926

• Day: Thursday

• Price: 100 kuruş

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Status: Official publication of the Republic of Turkey

• Historical Context: Published during the early years of the Turkish Republic, before the 1928 Alphabet Reform

• Institutional Significance: Officially recorded laws, regulations, government decisions and other matters of state

• Historical Significance: A first-hand state publication documenting the legal and administrative development of the early Turkish Republic

• Collectible Significance: Particularly valuable for collectors and researchers of early Republican history, official publications, legal history, Ottoman-script ephemera and Turkish political history

• Condition: Age-related wear and deterioration.