Examination of journals and literary associations in Iran in the context of the Turkish language teaching

Turks, who moved from Central Asia to Anatolia, established states in Iran and some of them continued living there. Therefore, although we have strong rivalries with our eastern neighbor Iran in general Turkish history, we also have deep-rooted and inseparable relations. This region also experienced Turkification at a time coincided with the Islamization process of our ancestors. Reza Shah Pahlavi, who put an end to the Qajars, the last Turkish dynasty in Iran, and established the Pahlavi regime based on Persian nationalism, made a statement in a newspaper in 1924, saying, "We must admit that Iran has lived under the rule of Turkish conquerors for more than a thousand years." It is a summary of the Turks‟ sovereignty in the region. Pan-Iranism policies implemented during the Pahlavi regime had negative consequences for Iranian Turks. Turks had to struggle the exclusionary policies of the state they belonged to. Cultural assimilation and the ban on national dress caused them to suffer political, military, economic, social and cultural injuries. The policies implemented enabled the awakening of national consciousness. The constitution adopted by referendum after the 1979 Islamic Revolution; Minorities were defined only in religious terms, and the principle of "being Iranian" was adopted with the strategy of preserving national and cultural differences. Although this situation did not grant Iranian Turks the right to educate in their native language, it gave them many opportunities compared to the Pahlavi period. Thus, for the first time, Turks in Iran had the opportunity to announce their literary activities to the world by publishing their productions in their native language and establishing associations with prominent figures. They established contacts with Turkey and did translations. They started to have relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was already a part of them and had gained its independence. This study also closely examines the development process of Iranian Turkish language after the 1979 Revolution in the context of teaching Turkish in the children's supplement of Yol Magazine called "Kepenek", which started to be published in 1990. December 2023, 107.pages. Keywords: Turkish in Iran, Turkish teaching, Tabriz, Yol journal, Turkish literary organizations, Kepenek