[PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR A LEVANTINE PORT] Hıfzissihha: Ahâlînin anlayabilecegi bir lisân ile haftada bir nesrolunur, Osmanli risâle-i sihhiyesidir = [Hizfzissihhat: Revue d'hygiene populaire-Smyrne]. Nos: 2-20 (of 26)
Complete title: [PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR A LEVANTINE PORT] حفظالصحه: اهالینین انلايابلجهغی بر لسان ايله هفتهده بير نشر اولونور، عثمانلی رسالهٔ صحیهسيدر / Hıfzissihha: Ahâlînin anlayabilecegi bir lisân ile haftada bir nesrolunur, Osmanli risâle-i sihhiyesidir = [Hizfzissihhat: Revue d'hygiene populaire-Smyrne]. Nos: 2-20 (of 26).
DR. [TASLIZÂDE] EDHEM - DR. SÜKRÜ OSMAN [SENOZAN] (1875-1954).
Kesisyan Matbaasi & Izmir Matbaasi & Vilâyet Matbaasi, Izmir, 21 Nisan – 11 Kanunevvel 1324, 2-20. [CE 1906-1908].
19 issues in a contemporary black cloth with contemporary greenish endpapers. Roy. 8vo. (24,5 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 17-244 pp., with occasional tables. Edges trimmed, sporadic pencil annotations. Overall, a very good collection.
Extremely rare collection comprising 19 issues (of 26) of the first medical journal published in Izmir, and one of only two medical periodicals issued in the Ottoman Empire that sought to raise public awareness in Izmir (Smyrna, a major Levantine port city) about the need to combat epidemic diseases at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Edhem Bey contributed eleven articles to the journal as the owner. His close friend Dr. Şükrü Osman [Şenozan], who served as Director of Public Health (Sıhhiye Müdürü) in Izmir, contributed eighteen articles. Another member of the editorial board, Artillery Physician Captain (Kolağası) El-Hac H. Nuri, authored four articles. The managing editor of the journal and owner of the Eczahane-i Osmânî in Kemeraltı, pharmacist Leonida Hiyoni (Leonidas Chionis), contributed two articles.
Two articles were written by Dr. Hafız Cemal Lokmanhekim (1865–1964), who is listed as the proprietor and editor-in-chief of the Cyprus Islamic Newspaper. Dr. Ahmed Hulusi contributed seven articles; Dr. Şahab Sıdkı, chemist at the Ministry of Customs (Rüsûmât Nezareti), authored four; and Dr. Kazım Haydar contributed three. A. Macid of Mytilene authored two articles.
In addition, one article each was published by Dr. Çakıroğlu Mihalaki, a specialist in ear, throat, and nasal diseases (Emrâz-ı Üzniye, Hançereviyye ve Enfiyye) at the Izmir Gureba-yı Müslimîn Hospital; Hüseyin Kâzım, a student at the Military Medical School (Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye); veterinary physician Vasfi; and Dr. Ahmed Naci.
The publisher of the journal, Taşlızade Edhem Bey, belonged to a family that had migrated from Monastir to Izmir. He graduated from the Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye in 1888 and was appointed to Kuşadası as his first post; however, he did not go there and instead remained in Izmir. From 1889 onward, Edhem Bey began publishing medical articles in the Izmir-based newspapers Hizmet and Ahenk. Between 1899 and 1902, he published the newspaper Hizmet, but because of his writings there, he was exiled to Bitlis in 1899 together with his elder brother, the lawyer Hasan Rüşdü; his friend Tevfik Nevzat; Muallim Memduh; and Tokadizade Şekip. He returned to Izmir in 1900.
In the elections held in 1908, Edhem Bey was elected as a deputy for Izmir; however, following objections raised by Armenians due to the failure of Tireli Ispartalızade İstefan Efendi to be elected, he resigned his seat in favour of Istefan (Stephan) Efendi.
In 1919, he served for a time as president of the Izmir Türk Ocağı. During the Republican period, he was a member of the Izmir Municipal Council and was among the founders of the Izmir Hilal-i Ahmer Society. He worked as a municipal physician and as an internist at the Izmir Gureba-yı Müslimin Hospital, and for many years served the people of Izmir as a private practitioner.
ON THE PUBLISHER:
The Keşişyan Printing House, which published a wide range of periodicals, books, letterheads, envelopes, invoices, address cards, business cards, various tables required for commercial activities, colorful labels, wedding notices, advertisements, theater programs and tickets, memorandum papers, pharmacy labels and prescriptions, insurance policies, checks, certificates, promissory notes, and all kinds of commercial ledgers in Turkish, Armenian, German, Greek (Rum), Judeo-Spanish, Italian, French, and English, was founded in İzmir in 1905 by the Armenian printer Parseg Keşişyan (1870-1909).
Born in Talas in 1870, Parseg completed his primary education at the community school in Talas and at the French school in Kayseri. In 1900, he went to Europe and began studying medicine but was unable to complete his medical education due to illness. After moving to İzmir in 1905, he opened a printing house there. At the Keşişyan Printing House, known as the Armenian printing house, that printed the greatest number of Turkish books (the newspaper "Arshaluys" [i.e., Dawn] began publication on October 20, 1907. On February 26, 1908, the newspaper was warned by the government for publishing prohibited articles concerning individuals and institutions. On April 19, 1908, Parcih (Parseg) Keşişyan, the owner of the newspaper "Arshaluys", was granted permission for the duty-free importation of new printing machines through customs.
Following Parseg's death in 1909, his brother Dikran continued operating the Keşişyan Printing House at No. 87, Imam Street, Peştemalcılarbaşı. From 1909 until its closure in 1922, the printing house was run by his brother Dikran. (Özmakas).
Overall, it is the first medical journal published in Anatolia, the earliest of the three medical journals issued in Izmir prior to the Alphabet Reform of 1928, and the third periodical on public health in Turkey printed in the old script, following Mir’atü’l-ebdan (1872) and Sıhhat (1884).
Duman 0812., As of January 2026, we have been unable to trace any copies of this periodical.