''Ay Qap'' (آی قاپ, ''Айқап, Aıqap'' in modern scripts) was a Kazakh journal of opinion and debate published in

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from January 1911 until September 1915 under the editorship of Mūhammedjan Seralin.«Айкап»

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It brought together well-known nationalists and reformists, progressivist thinkers and scholars, educators and writers, such as Ahmed Baytursınulı, Älikhan Bökeikhanov, Mir Yaqub Dulatūly, Mäşhür Jüsip Köpeev, Muhammedjan Jūmabayev, Beiımbet Mailin and many others. Articles focused mainly on questions related to the modernisation of the Kazakh customary society, Russian politics, land redistribution and educational issues. It also published a lot on

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and

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. Along with Qazaq (published between 1913 and 1918), Ay Qap played an important role in the development of the intellectual and political life among early 20th century Kazakhs. The magazine was founded with the support of the Yaushev merchant family from

. Subsequently it relied fully on sales and subscriptions (in 1912, one issue sold approx. 1000 copies). Issued at first monthly and then twice a month (in 1913 and 1914), it published eighty-eight issues (twelve in 1911, fourteen in 1912, twenty-four in 1913 and 1914, fourteen in 1915). Publication was stopped because of financial problems and political pressure. The journal was printed in the Kazakh

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script, which was the official script for the

until 1929. The language displays features common to the literary language in use at that time among

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and Volga intellectuals mixed with more typically Kazakh elements. The original articles have been recently reprinted in

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(with a substantial adaptation to modern standard Kazakh language) with a thematic index and a general introduction (Субханбердина ж. б., 1995).

References

*A. Bennigsen, Ch. Lemercier-Quelquejay. ''La presse et le mouvement national chez les Musulmans de Russie avant 1920''. Paris: Mouton. 1964, pp. ??-?? ''et passim''. *Y. Субханбердина, С. Дәуiтов (Құраст.), Р. Н. Нұрғалиев (Бас ред.). ''Айқап''. Алматы: Қазақ энциклопедиясы. 1995. 368 бет. *Г. К. Валеев
Национальная пресса на Южном Урале
''Вестник Челябинского государственного университета. Серия 11 (Журналистика)''. N° 1(2). 2005. C. 47–60. *S. Sabo
Ai Qap
most probably from the ''Encyclopedia of Modern Asia'' Defunct magazines published in Russia Defunct political magazines Magazines established in 1911 Magazines disestablished in 1915 Mass media in Kazakhstan {{kazakhstan-media-stub

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