137 years of the Trade in Istanbul is in this archive!

24 June 2022

137 years of the Trade in Istanbul is in this archive!

The introductory meeting of the website, http://arsiv.ito.org.tr, which includes the digital archive of Istanbul Trade Newspaper (ITGA) that witnessed the last 137 years of the business life in Istanbul, was held at the Headquarters of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) in Eminönü.

ITO President Mr. Şekib Avdagiç, Istanbul Ticaret University Rector Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu, Islamic History, Art and Culture Research Center General Director Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Provincial Deputy Director of Culture and Tourism Mr. Mümin Yıldıztaş and academicians attended the meeting.

In his speech at the meeting, ITO President Mr. Avdagic has said, “With ITGA, we are transferring not only our 137-year-old newspaper, but also the Turkish economic history to electronic media. From now on, the 318-volume ITO newspaper consisting of 185 thousand images and 6.500 periodicals, is just a click away from our researchers.”

Istanbul Ticaret University Rector Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu also made a short speech at the meeting. Referring to the importance of the project, Prof. Dr. Oğurlu underlined that the archive will serve as a great resource for academicians.

Within the scope of the project, the 137-year history of Istanbul Trade Newspaper Digital Archive (ITGA) was made available to researchers at http://arsiv.ito.org.tr. All ITGA periodicals published by ITO in Ottoman Turkish, French, German and English since 1885 can be accessed from this address.