Kurdistan Advancement Society

The Kurdistan Advancement Society "Kurdistan Tea’lí Jemiyetí" was the second organized effort in 1918-19 in Istanbul. Publishing of the scribal literature and the formation of a Language Association, "Dil Encümeni" (fin, No. 15, 1919, pp. 11-18, quoted in Bozarslan 1985:71) were on the agenda of the organization. A publishing organ was also set up. However, under the unfavorable political conditions of the early 1920s, the Society was dissolved.

The Kurdistan Advancement Society "Kurdistan Tea’lí Jemiyetí" was the second organized effort in 1918-19 in Istanbul. Publishing of the scribal literature and the formation of a Language Association, "Dil Encümeni" (fin, No. 15, 1919, pp. 11-18, quoted in Bozarslan 1985:71) were on the agenda of the organization. A publishing organ was also set up. However, under the unfavorable political conditions of the early 1920s, the Society was dissolved.

Sources: Prof. A. Hassanpour, "Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan 1918 – 1985", UAS 1992