Kurdistan (newspaper)

It was first published on April 22, 1898 in Cairo, Egypt by Mikdad Midhad Bedir Khan, a member of the Kürdistan Teali Cemiyeti.

[5] Beginning with the second issue onwards, it published a series of the Kurdish national epic Mem u Zin.

[6] From its 6th issue the newspaper was published in Geneva, and edited by Abdurrahman Bedir Khan, Mikdads brother who had close ties to Abdullah Cevdet and İshak Sükuti, both editors of the Osmanli and founders of co-founders of Committee of Union and Progress.

[5] Kurds who returned from the Islamic pilgrimage Hajj to Mecca had to undergo a thorough search if the smuggled in the newspaper.

[7] Kurdish historical figures such as Sultan Saladin or members of the Marwanid dynasty or the house of Bedir Khan and their achievemnts were a recurrent subject in its articles.