 In 1911, Baytursinuli published his first work of a distinctly political nature — "Masa" ("Mosquito").In 1913, Baitursynov, along with former deputy of the First State Duma, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, and Mirjaqip Dulatuli, a poet and a writer, founded a Kazakh newspaper named "Qazaq" in Orenburg where Baitursynov served as the chief editor.The newspaper ran until the spring of 1918.