[THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST 52 ISSUES OF NASRADDIN HOCA SURVIVED THE CENCORSHIP CLIMATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REVOLUTION 1923] Nasreddin Hoca: Persembe ve Pazartesi günleri çikar siyasî, mizâhî gazete. The first 52 issues

ISMAIL HAKKI BEY (Owner). Ilhami Fevzi Matbaasi, 1927. In contemporary cloth binding. Gilt lettering "Nasreddin Hoca" on the front board. Folio. (40 x 28 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Each issue consists of 4 pages, with rich colour and b/w illustrations. Slight wear to the spine, fading, stains, and chippings along the extremities of the boards. The cover of the first issue has been repaired with tape. Overall, a very good volume with clean issues. The first 52 issues of this satirical magazine, which began publication with its first issue on January 6, 1927, two years after the enactment of the Takrir-i Sükûn Law, and ended in 1928, focusing particularly on international political events. A very rare collection of the first 52 issues, published twice a week between January 6 and July 4, 1927. The magazine offers a visual insight into the political climate of the single-party and repressive environment following the Republican Revolution. A total of 157 iss