Têgeyştinî Rastî or Understanding the truth was a Kurdish language semiweekly newspaper published by the

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in Iraq. It was the first Kurdish Nationalist newspaper focusing on Kurdish history, language, poetry and culture.

History

Têgeyştinî Rastî was founded by the

in January 1918 during the

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in which Britain was fighting the

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. It was propaganda newspaper which highlighted and compared British rule to the Ottoman rule and that Kurdish language, culture and religion were better off under the British and to incite Kurds living under Ottoman Rule. The newspaper was published from 1918 to 1919 in which 66 issues were published. The name of the Editor was not published in the newspaper but it known to be Major Soane a British officer with knowledge in the Kurdish language and assisted by a Kurdish Poet Shukri Fadhli.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tegeystini Rasti Defunct newspapers published in Iraq Kurdish-language newspapers Kurdish-language mass media Newspapers established in 1918 Newspapers disestablished in 1919