1898 | German Emperor makes a Turkey Call

German ship Loreley in Therapia, Bosphorus. Therapia et le stationnaire allemand "Loreley". Published by A. Zellich Fils - 27{1]
Mavi Boncuk | THE KAISER [1] AT CONSTANTINOPLE October 20, 1898, Wednesday
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"What may be the political significance of the German Emperor's present journey can be only a matter of conjecture. That it has political significance no sane adult who watches the course of affairs can possibly doubt. No matter how short the public memory may be, few people can have forgotten what happened when the outrages in Armenia and in Crete had raised the indignation of the civilized world almost to the point of action."

[1] A. Zellich Fils. In 1831 the first litho press was founded in Istanbul by Henry Cayol and his cousin Jacques Cayol under the patronage of Husrev Pasha in the grounds of Ministry of War. In 1836 they moved the presses to Kulekapi and obtained permission with a firman from the Sultan Mahmud II to produce in other languages and printing in due course the Armenian monthly "Panacer/The Philologist". Printing works burned down due to a type foundry accident in 1852 and reopened in 1855 at the corner of the street leading to the French Embassy in Pera. Henry Cayol died of cholera in August 18, 1856. The printing house continued under the management of Antoine Zellich.

[2]The German Fountain ("The Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain"), an octagonal domed fountain in neo-Byzantine style, which was constructed by the German government in 1900 to mark the German Emperor Wilhelm II's visit to Istanbul in 1898, is located at the northern entrance to the Hippodrome area called Sultan Ahmet Square, right in front of the Blue Mosque.