List of Kurdish press
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The first Kurdish newspaper, titled Kurdistan, was published in Cairo in 1898. Since then, many different Kurdish newspapers, magazines, and journals have been published in the Ottoman Empire, Iraq, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, and in recent years in Turkey, Germany, Sweden, and France. The following is a list of well-known Kurdish newspapers and magazines in chronological order.
Kurdistan, newspaper, Cairo/Geneva, First issue 1898, 31 issues total.
Roja Kurd, monthly journal, Istanbul, 1912, 3 issues.
Pêşkewtin, newspaper, Sulaimania, 1920–1922, 118 issues.
Rojî Kurdistan, newspaper, Sulaimania, 1922–1923, 15 issues.
Bangê Kurdistan, weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1922, 14 issues.
Bangê Heq, weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1923, 3 issues.
Umîdî Istiqlal, weekly magazine, Sulaimnia, 1923, 25 issues.
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