Tan (weekly newspaper)

Tan
Type	Weekly newspaper
Publisher	Tan Printing Company
Founded	1 May 1969
Political alignment	Communist
Language	Turkish
Ceased publication	1999
Headquarters	Pristina
Country	Yugoslavia; Kosovo;

Tan (Turkish: Dawn) was a weekly language newspaper published between 1969 and 1999 in Pristina, Kosovo. It was one of the Turkish-language publications started in Yugoslavia.^[1]

History and profile

The first issue of Tan appeared on 1 May 1969.^[2] The paper was started by the League of Communists of Kosovo.^[1] It was published by Tan Printing Company.^[3]^[4] It was first published on a biweekly basis, but later the frequency was switched to weekly.^[1] The goal of the newspaper was to transmit cultural identity of the Turkish-origin people in the region to next generations.^[4] Şükrü Zeynullah worked for the paper from 1975 to 1981 as a trade director.^[5]

Tan published several supplements and books. Some of its supplements were Çevren (Turkish for 'Your environment') which was first published in 1973 and Kuş (Turkish for 'The Bird'), a children's magazine, of which the first issue appeared in 1979.^[1] It frequently featured literary work by Turkish-origin authors.^[1] The paper ceased publication in 1999.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kerim Karagöz (1991). Yugoslavya'da yayınlanan Türkçe yayınlar (PDF) (MA thesis) (in Turkish). Istanbul University. pp. 5, 14, 16–17, 23–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2022.
^ "'Tan' Gazetesi'nin 50. Yılı Kaydedildi". Kosova Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ Hüsrev Tabak (2016). The Kosovar Turks and Post-Kemalist Turkey: Foreign Policy, Socialization and Resistance. London; New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-78673-055-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Salih Okumuş (July 2015). "Tan: A Newspaper Published in Turkish Language in Kosovo". Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 4 (1): 85–107. ISSN 2147-1371.
^ "Şükrü Zeynullah". Oral History Kosovo. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[kerim-1] Kerim Karagöz (1991). Yugoslavya'da yayınlanan Türkçe yayınlar (PDF) (MA thesis) (in Turkish). Istanbul University. pp. 5, 14, 16–17, 23–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2022.

[2] "'Tan' Gazetesi'nin 50. Yılı Kaydedildi". Kosova Haber (in Turkish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[3] Hüsrev Tabak (2016). The Kosovar Turks and Post-Kemalist Turkey: Foreign Policy, Socialization and Resistance. London; New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-78673-055-8.

[salih-4] Salih Okumuş (July 2015). "Tan: A Newspaper Published in Turkish Language in Kosovo". Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi. 4 (1): 85–107. ISSN 2147-1371.

[5] "Şükrü Zeynullah". Oral History Kosovo. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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