SOME POEMS PUBLISHED IN THE “ùERQÎ TÜRKøSTAN HAYATø”, “ERKøN TÜRKøSTAN” AND “YEÑGø HAYAT” NEWSPAPERS IN 1930’s IN KASHGAR

Year 2013, Issue: 1 - Issue: 1, 1 - 42, 01.06.2013

Alimcan İnayet

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 20th century a large number of newspapers and journals have been published by the effect of Jedidist Movement in various regions of East Turkistan. “ erqî Türkistan Hayati”, “Erkin Türkistan”, “Yeñi Hayat” newspapers are some of them. The language of the newspapers mentioned, which were published in 1930’s, shows the characteristics of a mixed language composed of Chagatai Uyghur Turkish, Turkey Turkish, Tatar Turkish, and Uzbek Turkish. A large number of poems have been published in these newspapers and these are regarded as the first samples of contemporary Uyghur poetry. Sociological themes and issues like wisdom, education, enlightenment, freedom, justice, equality, unity and solidarity are treated in these poems, which were also ornamanted with folk literature verse besides Chagatai poems’ verse. The poems, which were published in three newspapers mentioned, are collected in this article; they are transcribed and evaluated generally

Keywords

Jediddist Movement, Uyghur, Kashgar, Erkin Türkistan, Yeñi Hayat, Newspaper

1930’LU YILLARDA KAŞGAR’DA ÇIKAN “ŞERQÎ TÜRKİSTAN HAYATI”, “ERKİN TÜRKİSTAN” VE “YEÑGİ HAYAT” GAZETELERİNDEKİ BAZI ŞİİRLER

Abstract

Keywords

Ceditçilik, Uygur, Kaşgar, Erkin Türkistan, Yeñi Hayat, Gazete