2015-11-01

This subject deals with studying the content of Kurdistan Newspaper which was published by the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mahabad in 1940 and its attitude towards the historical events which the Kurds went through during the year which witnessed the birth of the first Kurdish republic in the recent age. This one- year old republic was established in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. This newspaper published significant news and events which, at the very least, wrote a detailed history in the Kurdish republic. It was published both in Kurdish- the Sorani accent and the Persian language. Throughout this newspaper the researcher can follow the details of establishing the republic of Mahabad and its most important works, problems, and its external relationships until it was collapsed. According to the nature of the content which this newspaper contains such as articles, news, reports, and statistics, this study was divided into four chapters, in addition to the introduction, conclusion, appendixes, and references list. The first chapter was titled (The Kurdish Journalism in the East of Kurdistan During the years 1908 - 1946). This chapter is considered as a preparatory chapter in which the beginnings of the Kurdish journalism in the east of Kurdistan was discussed, that is to say, the Kurdistan of Iran. However, the history of the Kurdish journalism went through two stages: the first one starts from 1908 – 1922. This period witnessed the publishing of some Kurdish newspapers like the Kurd Newspaper. The second stage, on the other hand, starts from the beginning of the second world war and it reaches its peak in 1946. The republic of Mahabad was, therefore, distinguished for its massiveness of journalism and other printings. The second chapter was entitled ( issuing Kurdistan Newspaper and the News of Establishing the Republic of Kurdistan) in which the conditions of issuing Kurdistan Newspaper were discussed. It also discussed the main aim of the newspaper which included, in one of its aspects, the working on the Kurd's progress and let the outside world know about their case. This chapter also dealt with some of the activities of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the governmental and social position of the president of the republic of Mahabad. The third chapter was entitled (The Attitude of Kurdistan Newspaper Towards the External Relationships of the Republic of Kurdistan). This chapter shed light on the most prominent axes of the external relationships which connected the republic of Kurdistan with the neighboring forces and the political nationalism at that time. One of the most important relationships was its relation with the center, that's to say, Tehran, which witnessed a lot of stresses because Tehran did not admit any of the changes that happened in the eastern Kurdistan during the Second World War. The republic of Kurdistan also had relationships with the republic of Azerbaijan which was also established in the same period., and its case almost witnessed the same internal and external development. In addition to that, the republic of Kurdistan had an attitude towards the policy of the Soviet Union and America. The fourth chapter, which is the last one, was entitled (The Newspaper of Kurdistan and the Internal Economic Cultural Activities in the Republic). This chapter researched the subject of the economy of the republic of Kurdistan and its most significant supplying resources. It also dealt, in details, with the cultural role which the republic of Kurdistan witnessed during that year. This was saved in the pages of Kurdistan Newspaper. The cultural activity was what mostly distinguished this republic which witnessed a remarkable development at all levels. Finally, it must be mentioned that the references of this study were plentiful and various. It included documents, memoirs, newspapers, and books which where written in many languages, But, as it is known, the primary source for this study was Kurdistan Newspaper itself which the subject of the study round about. Therefore, the news and articles which were published by this newspaper were the first and primary source for this study.