Hasan DEMİROĞLU

In the atmosphere of freedom, which appeared after the Revolution in 1905, the Volga-Ural Turks, like many other nations, started exploiting their potentialities as a result of social and political changes. The press experienced some important developments. Following Russian government’s giving free rein to other nations; the Volga-Ural Turks began imparting political, national and social matters to the Turkic nation, especially, by means of the press. The newspapers like, Vakit, Yildiz, Kazan Muhbiri, Ulfet, Beyan-ul Hak and Ahbar are among the most important press agencies. The aforementioned newspapers were published not only in the Volga-Ural cities like, Kazan, Orenburg, Ufa and Astrakhan, but also in the capital Saint Petersburg. Despite the fact that the Volga-Ural Turkish newspapers used to publish articles mostly about the Turks living in the VolgaUral region, there were also many articles in newspapers about Turkey, Turks and other Turkic nations, which lived in the Russian State. While the newspapers were not aimed at forming the national unity among the Russian Turks, yet there were some mentions of them. Kirghizs and Kazakhs, who come from the Muslim-Turkish nations, held the firm place in the Volga-Ural Turkic newspapers. Following the newspapers’ first mention of Kirghiz and Kazakh nations’ short history, there were the articles about both nations’ place and importance in Russia and among the Turkic people.

Key Words: The Volga-Ural Turks, the Tatar newspapers, Kirghizs, Kazakhs.