ARTICLES BY MAMMAD SAID ORDUBADI REFLECTING HIS PUBLIC-POLITICAL VIEWS

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 192 - 204, 31.01.2025

Sabina Gulchin İbrahimli

Öz

The main aim of the article is to clarify the activity of Mammad Said Ordubadi by researching his public-political views.
The journalistic creativity of Mammad Said Ordubadi can be divided into three stages: 1) from 1907 to 1917, the end of exile life; 2) from 1917 to 1920, establishment of Soviet government in Azerbaijan; 3) from 1920 to his death.
Literary heritage of M.S.Ordubadi, left a deep mark in both the scientific and literary journalism of Azerbaijan, spread in all direction.
The writer, who was spiritually imbued with patriotism from head to toe, carried out a strong critique of the Tsarist oppression in his public-political articles, while also fiercely attacking the hypocritical clergy who poisoned the people’s minds with superstition and dogma under the guise of religion, at the same time, he worked to educate the largely unenlightened people about the religion, to teach the qualities, beauties, and virtues of Islam.
Method and methodology of the research. During the research, the author widely used the comparative historical research method of the literary fiction.
The innovative of the article is that the author tried to clarify the characteristic features of the beginning of XX century based on the literary-cultural heritage of Mammad Said Ordubadi.
As a result the topics published by Mammad Said Ordubadi in the beginning of XX century in periodical press, his efforts to reveal the contradictions of modern society and expose social vices, should be valued as a performance of his Azerbaijani nationalism.

As a result of the spread of Marxism-Leninism ideas in the beginning of XX century, legal and illegal press organs in Baku, such as Dəvət-Qoç (Davat-Goch), Prizıv (Priziv), Təkamül (Takamul), Yoldaş (Yoldash), Qudok (Gudok), Bakinskl raboçi (Bakinsky rabochy), and Bakinski proletari (Bakinsky proletari), while opposing the Tsarist autocracy and exploiters under the banners of Bolshevik ideas, fake proletarian internationalism, artificial friendship of nations, class struggle, and the fight for freedom, in fact, their “class struggle” and “internationalism” later became characterized by chauvinism and racism. Although Mammad Said Ordubadi joined them since 1917, he could never reconcile with these ideas, and at times, it was openly expressed in his articles reflecting his socio-political views. This clearly shows that the writer was, in fact, deeply patriotic.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mammad Said Ordubadi, Article. Press, Despotism, Bolshevik, Writer, Government

Kaynakça

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