Just as the reign of Mahmud II is a time of innovation and change in many respects, it is also when first examples of press have been observed. Although it has taken some time for journals to be published after the Ottomans were first introduced to the newspaper, the first journal, Vaka-yı Tıbbiye, was published in the field of medicine. 1860s were the years in which newspapers and journals have created public opinion and when public opinion was observed in real terms. After this period, many different journals on different topics were published in the Ottoman Empire. Despite rigorous inspections during the time of Abdulhamid II, journalism has shown important developments, especially in the fields of literature and agriculture. Journalism has lived its golden years during the 2nd Constitutionalism (II. Meşrutiyet) and because of the relative environment of freedom experienced at this time compared to the previous period, many debates have taken place in the journals, which have been an important contribution to the development of journalism. In this study, the journals published in the Ottoman Empire between 1850 and 1923 were identified and the publication policies of the journals as well as their contents have been provided.
