Vatanym Tatarstan Explained

Ватаным Татарстан
Chiefeditor:	Sabirova Gölnara
Language:	Tatar
Foundation:	1918
Circulation:	(2015)
Headquarters:	ul. Akademicheskaya 2, Kazan, Tatarstan

Tatar: Vatanym Tatarstan (Tatar: Ватаным Татарстан; Our Homeland Tatarstan) is the main Tatar language newspaper, published in Kazan.

The paper first published in March 1918 as Tatar: اش (Tatar: Эш, Labour) by the Kazan Muslim Commissariat with and as its first editors.^[1] At first, the daily paper did not contain pictures and used the İske imlâ Arabic-based orthography, switching in 1920 to the Yaña imlâ orthography when it became Tatar: تاتارستان خەبەرلەری (Tatar: Татарстан хәбәрләре, Tatarstan News). From 1929 to 1939, as part of Soviet latinization efforts, the newspaper was published as Tatar: Qzьl Tatarstan in the Yañalif orthography.^[2] In February 2022, it changed names to become Tatar: Ватаным Татарстан (Tatar: Vatanym Tatarstan).^[3]

Throughout its history, Vatanym Tatarstan focused on the social, political, and cultural issues in Tatarstan, and many influential Tatar journalists worked at the paper over the years, including Fatix Ämirxan, Musa Cälil, Äxmät İsxaq, and Ğäliäsğar Kamal.^[1] By 1970, its circulation had reached 175,000.^[4]

In 2010, the paper was redesigned with a more modern font and a greater emphasis on photographs. It generally distributed as a four-page A2 size paper and on Fridays as a 20-page A3 size paper.^[5] In 2019, Sabirova Gölnara was named editor-in-chief of the paper, the first woman to hold that title.^[6]

Previous names:

• 1918–1920: Tatar: اش / Tatar: Эш (Labour)
• 1920–1922: Tatar: تاتارستان خەبەرلەری / Tatar: Татарстан хәбәрләре (Tatarstan News)
• 1922–1924: Tatar: تاتارستان / Tatar: Татарстан (Tatarstan)
• 1924–1951: Tatar: قزل تاتارستان / Tatar: Qzьl Tatarstan / Tatar: Кызыл Татарстан (Red Tatarstan)
• 1951–1960: Tatar: Совет Татарстаны (Soviet Tatarstan)
• 1960–1992: Tatar: Социалистик Татарстан (Socialist Tatarstan)
• 1992–now: Tatar: Ватаным Татарстан (My Homeland Tatarstan)

External links

• Эш (1919) — Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage
• Татарстан хәбәрләре (1920) — Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage
• Qzьl Tatarstan (1924 to 1931) — Mirasxanä Center for Written and Musical Heritage

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Ватаным Татарстан . Энциклопедия Татарика [Encyclopedia Tatarica] . 2022-11-04 . Нуруллина . Р. М. . tt.
2. News: 2008-12-03 . «Ватаным татарстан»га 90 ел! . tt . 90 years of "Vatanym Tatarstan"! . Ватаным Татарстан . 46 . 2022-11-01.
3. Web site: Газета турында . About the newspaper . 2022-11-01 . Ватаным Татарстан . tt.
4. Book: Фаттахов, И. Ф. . Информационное Поле Современной России: Практики и Эффекты — Сборник статей XIV Международной научно-практической конференции . 2017 . Изд-во Казан . Баканова . Р. П. . Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia . 39 . Information Field of Modern Russia: Practices and Effects – Collection of articles of the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference . В Преддверии 100-Летнего Юбилея Газеты «Ватаным Татарстан» . On the Eve of the 100th Anniversary of the Newspaper " Vatanym Tatarstan" . ru.
5. Типологические и Национальные Особенности Татароязычной Прессы . Typological and National Features of the Tatar-Language Press . Гильманова . Айгуль Нургаяновна . ru . Филологические науки. Вопросы теории и практики [Philology. Theory & Practice] . 12, Part 2 . 66 . 16 . 2016 . 1997-2911.
6. News: 2019-03-19 . «Ватаным Татарстан» газетасына тарихында беренче тапкыр хатын-кыз баш мөхәррир билгеләнде . tt-TT . For the first time in its history, a woman editor-in-chief was appointed at "Vatanym Tatarstan" . Шахри Казан [Şaxri Qazan] . 2022-11-05.