The Position of The Iraqi Press on The Revocation of Iraqi Citizenship from The Assyrians 1933

Abstract

One of the most important sources of information for researchers on the multiple aspects of historical, social and political events is the press. Therefore, press coverage of events was one of the most important mechanisms adopted by the researcher in documenting his information and studies. In Iraq, the press had a major role in documenting events in the country since the Ottoman era in the latter, which saw the emergence of the first Iraqi newspaper in 1869. "Zora", which represented the case of the Ottoman Empire, and was followed by other newspapers such as "Mosul" and "Basra", and other newspapers, later transformed into a major danger to the Ottoman power, as they were of great importance in sowing intellectual and cultural awareness in then Iraqi society. The Al Basriya times newspaper was published when British forces occupied the city of Basra, and then after entering Baghdad in 1917 the occupation forces released my newspaper. "Baghdadi times" and "Arabs", and these and other newspapers have been interested in covering the most important historical, political and social events. "The problem of Assyrians" in Iraq, which was exploited by Britain, as an excuse to eliminate revolutions, uprisings and localities in the country. With the support of the British Government, the Assyrians had great ambitions of obtaining their own administrative autonomy. and great privileges beyond their entitlements and possibilities, so at many times they have been raising problems for the Iraqi Government in their whereabouts and population. and thus the withdrawal of Iraqi nationality from them, This topic has been the subject of lengthy debates in Parliament and Government as well as in Iraqi public opinion The Iraqi press has contributed to the detailed coverage and documentation of these debates and opinions; However, that coverage has been one of the most important sources of codification and documentation of significant events in Iraq's contemporary history.