''Dicle-Firat'' was a bilingual newspaper in the languages

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and

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

and published in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

between September 1962 and May 1963. It focused on the

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process of the Kurds and the so-called "Eastern question" while east was used to describe the eastern Kurdish regions in

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. It had lectors throughout most provinces and letters to the editorial board were sent in from a variety of cities such as

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

, Erzurum,

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, Siirt, Igdir, Diyarbakir or Ağrı. Prominent Kurdish journalists like Yasar Kaya, Musa Anter or Edip Karahan, played a significant role in the newspaper. The newspaper also established an office researching the Kurdish heritage in the Kurdish populated region in the east of Turkey. Edip Karahan, the owner of the newspaper and Musa Anter were arrested in June 1963 and the newspaper closed down by the Turkish authorities.

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