AYDIN gazete is no more

By Ahmet Abdulaziz…..

During the span of over 40 years I have seen many newspapers closing down due to one reason or another.  I did have a chance to write a column about quite a few of them.

But it is the first time that I have to write a column about the newspaper which I personally started publishing and now find it almost impossible to continue publishing.

So my very dear AYDIN gazete is no more.

I remember last year, when I got crazy about publishing a newspaper of my own. Almost every day I was struggling to find a way to start it. It was never easy, particularly for a person like me who is already terribly busy in more than one field at the same time. But I was  determined to start it.

With a very very meagre amount to invest, I made it a one man show. I have always been a “one man show” in almost every field that I am in, and so was this newspaper adventure too. Indeed it was not easy. But I was everything in this newspaper, from collection of news to designing and page making to distribution.

It was an unforgettable day of my life, when I got the first issue of AYDIN gazete printed in Turkish in my hand. It was 1st April 2018. It was a remarkable moment indeed, that I will never forget.

Almost all of my friends in the news media had advised me to go for an online newspaper instead of getting it printed because of the high cost involved. But I belong to that generation who were brought up with smelling that peculiar aroma of the paper and ink, while reading a newspaper.  For me, even today, a newspaper which you cannot hold in your hand is not a newspaper.

But the reality of time has changed. More and more newspapers are now being published online. The new generation is getting used to the online newspapers.

But I continued publishing the printed newspaper for a few weeks, only to find myself losing all of the finance that I had. So there was no more choice for me but to stop. It was a difficult decision to take, but I had had to accept the reality.

At that moment Chris Elliott entered into picture and offered to publish the AYDIN gazete online, with the CyprusScene.com online E.newspaper and start publishing Aydin gazete online.

But the old man inside me, did not want me to do that. The old man inside me still wanted to smell the ink and the paper. The old man inside me did not like the online newspaper. I tried to convince him, but failed. In the end, I accepted what the old man inside me knew I needed to do.

The result is that the AYDIN gazete is now no more. You friends will not find it anymore and  also in future it will not be alongside the CyprusScene.com e-newspaper.

I am still attached to CyprusScene as before and will continue writing for it and hope you dear readers will continue supporting me.

Editor’s comment.

Both Margaret and I are deeply saddened that Ahmet has found he can no longer find the time to produce his Turkish language E.newspaper as well as write English articles for CyprusScene and also pursue his painting and running and walking activities.

We feel that a Free E.newspaper including the English language CyprusScene combined with the Turkish language Aydin gazete has tremendous potential to share news and reviews from North Cyprus around the world.

We have found in the 6 years plus we have been running the CyprusScene website and now E.newspaper that it is a 24/7 operation  with contributions from many interested people and we thank them all.

Chris Elliott