| Moniteur ottoman | |
| Publisher: | Ottoman government |
| Foundation: | 1831 |
| Language: | French |
| Ceased Publication: | 1840s |
The Moniteur ottoman was a newspaper written in French and first published in 1831 on the order of Mahmud II.[1] It was the first official gazette of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Alexandre Blacque at the expense of the Sublime Porte.[1] Its name perhaps referred to the French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel. It was issued weekly.[2] Mahmud II wished to influence Europeans.[3] Takvim-i vekayi was published a few months later, intended as a translation of the Moniteur into Ottoman Turkish.[1]
The Moniteur ottoman was the first Ottoman bulletin. It was apparently inspired by Muhammad Ali's Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya, published in Egypt since 1828.[4]
After having been edited by former Consul for Denmark "M. Franceschi", and later on by "Hassuna de Ghiez", it was lastly edited by Lucien Rouet.[5] However, facing the hostility of embassies,[6] it was closed in the 1840s.[5] The title of the publication was used in Othōmanikos Mēnytōr (el|Οθωμανικός Μηνύτωρ), the Greek edition of Takvim-i vekayi.[3]