[RARE SPECIAL ISSUE OF AFGHANISTAN] بویوک غزته / Büyük gazete: Her persembe günleri çikar, medeniyet mefhumu içine giren bütün seylerden bahseder en seri gazetedir. Afghanistan nüshasi. [i.e., Big newspaper. Special issue: Afghanistan]. No. 82. Year: 2

CEMÂL ZEKI [BÂKIÇELEBIOGLU] (Owned by) (1902-1959). Matbaa-i Ebüzziya, Istanbul, 17 May 1928. Original illustrated wrappers. Folio. (31,5 x 23,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Aravic letters). 19 p., richly illustrated with reproduced photographs and drawings. The front cover is age-toned, with slight chipping along the extremities and wear to the spine. A stamp by the newspaper’s office in Istanbul is on the rear cover. Otherwise, a very good copy. A special issue published by Büyük Gazete in honour of the Afghan King's visit to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first President of Turkey, on May 20, 1928. This historic visit by King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan, accompanied by his wife, Queen Soraya, marked the first official state visit by a foreign head of state to Turkey following the proclamation of the Republic. During this visit, Turkey signed its first technical assistant agreement with Afghanistan. This rare 82nd issue of the newspaper, which was published 110 issues betw