Konstantinoupolis (newspaper)  Konstantinoupolis (, "Constantinople"), originally Heptalophos or Eptalofos (Ἑπτάλοφος, "City of Seven Hills"), was a Greek-language newspaper and periodical published in the Ottoman Empire. The historian Johann Strauss wrote that "Konstantinoupolis" "was long to remain the most widely read Greek paper in the Ottoman Empire." An employee, Manuel Gedeon, stated that the style of the periodical was similar to that of "Revue des Deux Mondes". According to historians Evangelia Balta and Ayșe Kavak, "Konstantinoupolis" "went down in the history of the Istanbul press as setting the seal on [Ottoman Greek newspaper and legal code publisher Demetrius Nicolaides]'s career in journalism". They also wrote that its popularity was reflected by the long length of publication. The newspaper was published daily for much of its history, though initially it was a thrice weekly publication. Ioannis M. Raptarchis owned a periodical named "Heptalophos". Nicolaides became the editor in 1864, and in 1865 Raptarchis sold it to him. Initially Nicolaides renamed it Eptalofos Nea/Nea Eptalofos, with the first new issue in 15 January of that year. Publication in a by newspaper format began in 1867, and after six months of newspaper publication it was given the name "Konstantinoupolis". Publication as a periodical stopped in 1871. At times the Ottoman authorities enacted censorship, so publication did not occur for circa 1783 until 1884. As more and more Greeks adopted the Megali Idea, clashing with Nicolaides' Ottomanist beliefs, the readership decreased in the 1900s and 1910s. Nicolaides' son Nikolakis "Nikos" received the publication in June 1909 (mid-1327 in the Ottoman calendar) after their father asked the Ottoman Press office, in summer 1905 (start of Ottoman calendar 1326) to allow for a change of ownership as he was becoming elderly. Because Nicolaidis tried to save the newspaper no matter what it took, he sold his possessions and lost his wealth. Balta and Kavak concluded, therefore, that the newspaper also caused "his financial ruin". Publication stopped for good in 1914, when World War I broke out.