TY - JOUR TT - Education and improvement of Kurdish written language: some newspapers and magazines of the beginning of 20th century as examples AU - Rasool, Halmat Baiz PY - 2016 DA - December DO - 10.21600/ijoks.278418 JF - International Journal of Kurdish Studies JO - Kurdish Studies PB - Hasan KARACAN WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-2751 SP - 0 EP - 0 VL - 2 IS - 3 KW - written language KW - Kurdish language N2 - The issues of KurdishLanguage and Kurdish Language Identity has been highly evident through thebeginnings of twentieth century. The significant changes that took place inpolitical and cultural aspects in Kurdistan has gave the birth of numerousjournals and magazines which clearly expressed the general circumstances of thetwentieth century. This research under the title "Issue of Literacy andKurdish Written Language in Certain Journals and Magazines in the EarlyTwentieth Century" aims to provide a wide analysis on the related issuesexpressed through the common journals and magazines. The research covers fivejournals and magazines issued between1920-1932 and shades light on a number ofefforts done by the Fourth Power (Power of Journalism) to highlight thelanguage and Kurdish language study issues as a national privileges after theeffects caused by the division of Kurdistan, Iraqi Government establishment andthe British policy in the region. The common challenges can be literacyencouragement, spelling, language purification and requests to solve schools'problems, and these challenges will be the discussing topics in the research.There are many external and internal factors that caused the given challenges,that's why the writers and journalists boldly and eagerly discussed thechallenges and were part of the solutions by giving suggestions and pointingthe weaknesses through various techniques and evidences. CR - خانزاد عەلی قادر، زمانی شیعری حاجی قادری كۆیی ‌و مەحوی ‌و شێخ ڕەزای تاڵەبانی، نامەی دكتۆرا، زانكۆی سەلاحەددین، كۆلێژی ئاداب، 2004، ل111 . CR - بڕوانە: لێكۆڵینەوەكەی نەوشێروان مستەفا ئەمین، دیاری كوردستان (1925-1926)، ئامادەكردنی ڕەفیق ساڵح- لێكۆڵینەوە نەوشێروان مستەفا ئەمین و سدیق ساڵح، لەبڵاوكراوەكانی دەزگای چاپ و پەخشی سەردەم، سلێمانی، 2001، ل24. CR - سەلام كەریم، زمان و ڕۆژنامە "لێكۆڵینەوە لە زمای ڕۆژنامەنووسی و وەرگێرَان"، چاپی یەكەم، چاپ و بڵاوكردنەوەی چوارچرا، 2005، ل UR - https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.278418 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/259781 ER -