[DATA VISUALIZATION / ATLAS OF THE NEW TURKEY] Mekteblilere Cumhuriyet atlasi: Kitaât-i hamse, kürre-yi müceseme ve kürre-yi musattaha ile... [i.e., The Republican Atlas for students, including maps of the five continents,...

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Türk Nesriyât Yurdu, Sark ve Maârîf Kitabhâneleri, Istanbul, 1928.

COMPLETE TITLE: [DATA VISUALIZATION / ATLAS OF THE NEW TURKEY] مکتبلىلره جمهورىت آطلاسى : قطعات خمسه، کرۀ مجسمه و کرۀ مسطحه ايله تورکىه جمهورىتى خرىطه لرىنى حاوىدر / Mekteblilere Cumhuriyet atlasi: Kitaât-i hamse, kürre-yi müceseme ve kürre-yi musattaha ile Türkiye Cumhuriyeti haritalarini hâvîdir. [i.e., The Republican Atlas for students, including maps of the five continents, the New Turkish Republic with the last borders, hemispheres of Earth, and celestial map].

Original greenish cover. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 8 double-paged chromolithographed maps and charts on [32] p., without text.

A rare chromolithographic atlas for students of the New Turkish Republic published in the same year with the Letter Revolution (but still in old Arabic letters) including attractive eight colourful maps and charts without text: Africa, Asia, Americas (separately), Europe, Australia with inset map of New Zealand, Turkish Republic (Hatay is still within the borders of Syria under French mandate, and Mosul is within the Iraqi borders), the hemispheres of Earth, and a world map including a list of the big rivers of the world.

The publisher of this atlas, Türk Nesriyât Yurdu [i.e., The Land of Turkish Publishing] founded by Haci Kasim Efendi, a Muslim bookseller of Iranian origin in the Sublime Port of Constantinople, ca. 1862. He was the first Muslim bookseller in Istanbul. He published many calendars, books, atlases, etc. The activities of the company and business continue from father to son until today, and “Ece Ajandalari” and “Saatli Maarif Takvimi” are still being published.

Özege 12957.; As of May 2024, only two copies in OCLC (959332829), both located in North American libraries: LoC & Stanford University Libraries.