Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete

Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete was first published on 19 August 1895.[1] At the initial phase it appeared biweekly, and from the fifty-second issue it became a weekly publication.[2][3] The license holder and editor of the magazine was Ibn Hakkı Mehmet Tahir who also owned a newspaper, Tarık.[3] Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete was the sole Ottoman women's magazine which had an editorial board, including Makbule Leman, Nigar Osman Hanım, Fatma Şadiye, Mustafa Asım, Faik Ali, Talat Ali and Gülistan İsmet.[1][3] Each of them also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[4] Later the administration of the magazine was assumed by Fatma Şadiye, wife of Mehmet Tahir.[5]

Its target audience was Muslim women from the upper classes.[3] The magazine covered a range of topics, including education, family, household management, child-rearing, hygiene, health, beauty, embroidery, leisure and fashion.[6] It also featured articles about the women's rights.[1] The magazine was a supporter of Sultan Abdulhamit.[3] Major contributors were the sisters, Fatma Aliye and Emine Semiye.[3][7] The magazine produced several supplements such as Hanım Kızlara Mahsus targeting female youth and Hanımlara Mahsus Kütüphane, a literary supplement.[8] It contributed to the charity organizations designed to assist women through the donations from its sales.[8] The last issue of Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete appeared on 13 August 1908 which produced 624 issues during its lifetime.[3]