[NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES IN TURKEY / PRESS / DISCRIMINATION] Typescript letter by Apoyevmatini editor Vasileiadis, protesting discriminatory exclusion from a press discount

VASILEIADIS, ANDONIS (One of the two Greek brothers who own the newspaper).

Apoyevmatini, Constantinople, 1928.

Complete title: [NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES IN TURKEY / PRESS / DISCRIMINATION] Typescript letter signed by Vasileiadis, the editor of the minority newspaper Apoyevmatini published in Istanbul, addressed to the Electric Company, expressing a grievance over discriminatory treatment for not being included in the discounted campaign offered to the press.

Original typescript letter with autograph signature and a commercial seal. 27 x 21 cm. In French. 16 lines. 

A rare and historically interesting typescript letter signed by Vasileiadis, editor of the Greek-language minority newspaper Apoyevmatini, published in Istanbul, addressed to the Electric Company. In this letter, Vasileiadis voices a formal complaint regarding the discriminatory exclusion of Apoyevmatini from a discounted electricity rate campaign extended to other members of the press, highlighting the unequal treatment of minority publications despite their longstanding contributions to the city’s journalistic and cultural landscape.

Apoyevmatini was originally founded through a partnership between Konstantinos Vasileiadis, who held the publishing license, and Odysseas Krystalidis, the owner of the printing facilities and an experienced figure in newspaper distribution. The first editor-in-chief, Kavalieros Markouizos, served until 1927. He introduced the newspaper’s enduring motto, a quote from Victor Hugo: "New epochs bring new missions." This phrase aptly captured the spirit of the era, reflecting the profound transition faced by the Greek community in the wake of the Ottoman Empire’s dissolution and the rise of the newly established Republic of Turkey. In 1927, Grigorios Giaveridis succeeded Markouizos as editor-in-chief, a position he held until his death on 1 August 1979.