On this day, the first Kurdish newspaper was published in the name of Kurdistan
ARK News... Today, April 22, 2023, marks the 125th anniversary of the issuance of the first issue of a Kurdish newspaper, which saw the light at the hands of Miqdad Midhat Badirkhan in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, under the name "Kurdistan" on April 22, 1898, despite the harassment that exposed by the occupying countries of Kurdistan.
The issuance of the first issue of the newspaper represented an important turning point in the political, and cultural on this day, the first Kurdish newspaper was published in the name of Kurdistan
d social arena, of which the people of Kurdistan are proud.
The first issue was published in the Kurdish language, in the northern Kurmanci dialect, and in Arabic letters. It was published twice a month with four pages. Thirty-one issues were issued over four years, in intermittent numbers until 1902 AD.
Issues 1, 2, and 3 of the newspaper were printed at the Egyptian Dar Al-Hilal printing presses, and issues 4 and 5 were printed at the Kurdistan Press in Cairo, which belonged to the Kurdish cultural figure Sheikh Faraj Allah Zaki Al-Kurdi, and the other issues were printed outside Egypt due to the pressures exerted by the Ottoman authorities to close the newspaper. Its headquarters was moved to Geneva in Switzerland, and issues 6 to 19 were printed there, and issues 20 to 23 were returned to Kurdistan Press in Cairo after its headquarters were returned to the Egyptian capital.
As for issue No. 24, it was printed in the British capital, London, and the issues from 25 to 29 were printed in the city of Folk stone, and the numbers 30 and 31, of course, in the city of Geneva again. The last issue was published on April 14, 1902
The Parliament of Kurdistan, in its session today, Saturday, April 22 of each year, has set a day for the Kurdish press.
Determining this day came based on a proposal from the concerned authorities and the parliamentary culture and media committees, after consultation with those authorities, and with the support of 101 out of 111 deputies.
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