| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | Political magazine |
| Founder: | Lucien Sciuto |
| Founded: | 1909 |
| Finaldate: | 1941 |
| Language: | French |
fr|'''L'Aurore'''|''The Dawn''|paren=left
L'Aurore was published first in Istanbul as a newspaper and then, in Cairo as a weekly magazine. All issues of the publication were archived by the National Library of Israel.
L'Aurore was established by Lucien Sciuto as a newspaper in Istanbul in 1909 following the Young Turk Revolution.[1] [2] He was a Jewish and Zionist activist from Thessaloniki.[3] The paper was edited by Lucien Sciuto[4] and was one of two leading Zionist publications in Istanbul.[5] The other one was Le Jeune Turc which was also published in French.[5] However, the circulation of Le Jeune Turc was much higher than that of L'Aurore, 15,000 copies and 1,500 copies, respectively.[6]
L'Aurore ceased publication in 1919 when Sciuto left Istanbul for Palestine.[3] The reason for the closure of the paper and Sciuto's leaving Istanbul was his disputes with the leaders of the local Jewish community.[7] In 1921 the license of L'Aurore was bought by the British authorities and was managed by a retired British Army captain. It was renamed as Turquie Nouvelle in November 1922 and existed until the end of the occupation of Istanbul in 1923.[8]
Sciuto settled in Cairo in 1924 and relaunched L'Aurore as a weekly magazine which became one of the most read magazines among Jewish Cairene readers of Greek and Turkish origins and was the contender of another Cairo-based weekly magazine entitled Israël.[9] There was an Alexandria edition of L'Aurore.[10]
L'Aurore was supported by the United Palestine Appeal based in London from October 1924 to 1931.[9] When the support ended, the magazine experienced financial difficulty, and Sciuto's colleague, Jacques Maleh, took charge of the publication.[10] A funding commission was formed which was led by Simon Mani to save the publication.[10] This attempt was a success and made it possible for the magazine to continue. Leon Castro, a Jewish lawyer and public figure who had emigrant from the Ottoman Empire, acquired some shares of the magazine.[7] He was among the founders of the League for the Struggle against Anti-Semitism, an organization established after the increase of Adolf Hitler's power in 1933.[7] Castro made the magazine an organ of this organization.[7] In 1941 L'Aurore closed down due to the problems resulted from World War II.[9] [10]