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Trumpet Greek was the first printed newspaper in Greece. It was published by Theoklitos Farmakidis in Kalamata on August 1, 1821. Only 3 sheets were published (1, 5 and 20 August 1821), which are preserved in the library of the Parliament, donated by Timoleon Filimon.

History
Dimitrios Ypsilantis, coming from Trieste to Greece as a Plenipotentiary of the "National Representative", namely Alexandros Ypsilantis, brought with him a small printing press. In his quest to find a typographer, he came into contact with Iakovos Tombazis, who introduced him to Konstantinos Tobras, who had learned the work of typographer in Paris. Tobras agreed to take over the operation of the printing press and so it was decided to install in a Turkish mosque in the liberated Kalamata the "National Printing House". On it was printed the first sheet of the Greek Trumpet on August 1, 1821.

Publisher
The publication was assigned to the scholar Theoklitos Farmakidis, who was appointed "caretaker and editor" of the newspaper "Salpinx Elliniko". Theoklitos Farmakidis was an experienced newsagent as he had also participated in the publication of the magazine Hermes o Logios in Vienna.

Version
The original plan, when Salpinx was first published, was to circulate every other day. Its price was set at 50 piastres per year. However, they eventually managed to issue only three cards, on August 1, 5 and 20, 1821. The newspaper was published in 4 format, two-columned and four-paged. The first sheet even had a cover.

Content
In just three sheets of the Trumpet, material was published that was exclusively related to the Greek Revolution. In the first two sheets was published the well-known revolutionary proclamation of Alexandros Ypsilantis. The third sheet contained an appeal by the Messinians to the European governments, regarding the liberation struggle waged by Greece.

Farmakidi-Ypsilanti Dispute
Dimitrios Ypsilantis considered that Salpinx Greek should serve exclusively the interest of the Struggle and that it should control and direct its content himself, so as to satisfy the respective military and political expediency[5]. Theoklitos Farmakidis, supporting the principle of freedom of the press, reacted to Ypsilantis' attempt to subject the newspaper to censorship. Thus, Farmakidis refused to continue the publication and this remarkable effort did not work.

Reviews
It was believed that Salpinx Greek, like some other Greek newspapers of the time, published falsified or exaggerated information in order to excite the Greeks. This made it difficult to provide objective information and to form a correct understanding of military developments, especially in the early years of the Greek Revolution