Kurdistan (newspaper)
Encyclopedia
Kurdistan was the first Kurdish
newspaper. It was first published in April 22, 1898 in Cairo
, Egypt by Mikdad Midhad Badirhan, a member of Kürdistan Teali Cemiyeti. In 1991 scholar Emin Bozarslan republished and translated in modern Turkish a collection of its issues.
Kurdish language
Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
newspaper. It was first published in April 22, 1898 in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt by Mikdad Midhad Badirhan, a member of Kürdistan Teali Cemiyeti. In 1991 scholar Emin Bozarslan republished and translated in modern Turkish a collection of its issues.
Sources
- Zeynel Abidin Kızılyaprak, Hasan Kaya, Şerif Beyaz, Zana Farqini, İstanbul Kürt Enstitüsü, 1900'den 2000'e Kürtler - Kronolojik Albüm, Özgür Bakış Milenyum Armağanı, İstanbul, Ocak 2000, p. 12.
- Malmîsanij, Cızira Botanlı Bedirhaniler ve Bedirhani Ailesi Derneği'nin Tutunakları, Avesta, İstanbul, 2000, ISBN 975-7112-71-2, pp. 187-197.