( tt-Cyrl, Ватаным Татарстан; ''Our Homeland Tatarstan'') is the main
Tatar language
Tatar ( or ) is a Turkic languages, Turkic language spoken by Volga Tatars, Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan (European Russia), as well as Siberia. It should not be confused with Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar or Siberian Tat ...
newspaper, published in
Kazan.
The paper first published in March 1918 as (, ''Labour'') by the Kazan Muslim Commissariat with and as its first editors.
At first, the daily paper did not contain pictures and used the
İske imlâ Arabic-based orthography, switching in 1920 to the
Yaña imlâ orthography when it became (, ''Tatarstan News''). From 1929 to 1939, as part of
Soviet latinization efforts, the newspaper was published as in the
Yañalif orthography. In February 2022, it changed names to become ().
Throughout its history, Vatanym Tatarstan focused on the social, political, and cultural issues in Tatarstan, and many influential Tatar journalists worked at the paper over the years, including
Fatix Ämirxan
Ämirxanov Möxämmätfatix Zarif ulı Fatix Ämirxan (; 1886–1926) was a Tatar classic writer, editor and publicist.
Ämirxan was born in 1886 in Kazan, Russian Empire. His father was a mullah of Old Stone Mosque Möxämmätzarif Ämirxano ...
,
Musa Cälil
Musa Cälil ( tt-Cyrl, Муса Җәлил, translit=Musa Çəlil, ; russian: Муса Джалиль; 25 August 1944) was a Soviet–Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero of t ...
,
Äxmät İsxaq
Äxmät İsxaq ( tt-Cyrl, Әхмәт Исхак, , , ; russian: Ахмет Исхак; 1905–1991) was a Soviet-Tatar poet, translator, and journalist.
Biography
Äxmät İsxaq was born in Kazan. He received his professional education at t ...
, and
Ğäliäsğar Kamal
Ğäliäsğar Ğäliäkbär ulı Kamaletdinov ( tt-Cyrl, Галиәсгар Галиәкбәр улы Камалетдинов) aka Ğäliäsğar Kamal ( tt-Cyrl, Галиәсгар Камал , russian: Галиаскар Камал, ''Galiaskar ...
.
By 1970, its circulation had reached 175,000.
In 2010, the paper was redesigned with a more modern font and a greater emphasis on photographs. It generally distributed as a four-page
A2 size paper and on Fridays as a 20-page A3 size paper.
In 2019, Sabirova Gölnara was named editor-in-chief of the paper, the first woman to hold that title.
Previous names:
*1918–1920: / (''Labour'')
*1920–1922: / (''Tatarstan News'')
*1922–1924: / (''Tatarstan'')
*1924–1951: / / (''Red Tatarstan'')
*1951–1960: (''Soviet Tatarstan'')
*1960–1992: (''Socialist Tatarstan'')
*1992–now: (''My Homeland Tatarstan'')
References
External links
Эш (1919)— Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage
— Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage
— Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage
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Newspapers published in Russia
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Tatar-language newspapers
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