Neologos Newspaper | 1871- 1894

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Neologos Newspaper "Neologos Konstantinoupoleos" (weekly), Istanbul [in Greek], 27 Feb. 1871 - 16 April 1892

Neologos, Evdomadiaia epitheoresis politike, philologike, epistemonike.
It was published in Constantinople by S.I. Voutyras from 1871 to 1894 every
Sunday. Size 30,5cm. First issue 27 Oct. 1891

Stavros Vutiras also published in 1866 Neologos Tis Anatolia.

OTTOMAN GREEK PRESS ORGANIZATION

The Ottoman Greek Press Organization, unlike other Ottoman Greek organizations in Istanbul, was carrying out cultural activities. The organizations supported the Ottoman Greek propaganda made after the Armistice. It printed books, brochures and maps outlining the thoughts of Ottoman Greeks and distributed them to European countries and America.

The Ottoman Greek Press Organization, founded within the Greece Consulate, started its meetings with 8 members under the chairmanship of the Consul. Five out of eight members were Istanbulite Ottoman Greeks , and three of them were Greeks. Vutiras, the writer and owner of the "Neologos Newspaper", was one of the Istanbulite members. The other two members were Pandizidis, one of the Zographion teachers, and Maridis, a writer and Vutiras' brother. Vutiras was appointed head of the organization in 1920.
The Press Organization was collecting documents by means of the Patriarchate for the work to be published ; and the writers under the body of the organization were using these documents.




3 MARCH 1921

English Intelligence report No. 100:

"When King Constantin returned to Greece, pro-Venizelos people in Istanbul founded an organization called the National Defense Committee, an affiliate body of the Greek Politics Club. This organization had close relations with the Fener Patriarchate. It was led by Alexandros Voutiras and its editor was Neologos. Thanks to Neologos' influential contacts, this organization managed to establish close relations with lots of rich businessmen and journalists. The committee also included a military group consisting of several pro-Venizelos officers. The aim of the committee was to cause a moderate movement against the regime in Greece. In the committee, the issue of re-establishing the Byzantine Empire was discussed and approved. The most prominent figure of the committee was a military officer named Kondilis who had been a colonel in the Greek army."


On 22 March 1921, D. G. Osborne from the English Foreign Ministry said the following about this subject:

"I don't believe in the idea of re-founding the Byzantine Empire. I am of the opinion that even if a Greek attack does not result in an absolute victory , Greeks will always want to have Istanbul and Trabzon. (*)."