Kurdish Society for Cooperation and Progress

The Kurdish Society for Cooperation and Progress "Kürt Teavün ve Terakki Cemiyeti"[1] (KTTC) was founded September 1908 in Constantinople .

[13] The society published a Gazette,[14] which was the first legal Kurdish publication, it debated issues surrounding history, language, national unity and many other topics effecting Kurds.

[18] The announcement of its establishment[19] was made in September 1908 and backed by 500 leading Kurdish intellectuals and statesmen.

[21] The society had a cultural branch, which established a Kurdish language school for children[22] in Çemberlitas, Constantinople, led by Abdurrahman Bedir Khan.

[24][25] The founding members were; Abdulkadir Ubeydullah[9] Şerif Pasha[9] Emin Ali Bedir Khan.