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First century of the Republic and Kurdish language policies

ONE CENTURY, ONE REGIME AND MOTHER TONGUE | KURDISH

First century of the Republic and Kurdish language policies

Denial and assimilation continue to be the basis of the policies pursued regarding the Kurdish language since the foundation of the Republic.

21 February 2023 Aren Yıldırım

One century, one regime, and the right to mother tongue

FEBRUARY 21 MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

One century, one regime, and the right to mother tongue

As bianet, on International Mother Language Day, we want to explore the state of mother language as we enter the 100th year of the Republic. In this series of articles, we tracked the traces of the policies pursued with regard to language such as Zaza, Georgian, Armenian and Kurdish.

21 February 2023

Study: Kurds in Türkiye think human rights situation worse than 90s

Study: Kurds in Türkiye think human rights situation worse than 90s

The results of a new study by Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation and Rawest show that Kurds living in different parts of Türkiye believe that mostly Kurds, women, children and poor are subjected to violations of human rights and that "the right to live" is a mostly violated right.

2 November 2022 Ruken Tuncel

'Ban on education in mother language torments Kurdish children in Turkey'

MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

'Ban on education in mother language torments Kurdish children in Turkey'

Young Kurdish people remember their first years at school as a nightmare. Tan says, “As we could not spell the words, the teacher held us at school till 9 pm. He was saying, ‘You are gonna learn this language’.”

22 February 2022

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

Kurds to protest for education in Kurdish

A series of rallies will be held in Turkey’s three Kurdish-majority eastern provinces with the slogans “Make Kurdish language the official and education language in Turkey” and “May the 21st century be the century of Kurdish language.”

Kurdish Language Platform: Our language is our existence

Kurdish Language Platform: Our language is our existence

The Kurdish Language Platform slams Minister of National Education Selçuk, who answered a Parliamentary question by saying, “No language other than Turkish shall be taught as a mother tongue to Turkish citizens at any institution of education."

‘No language other than Turkish shall be taught,’ says Education Minister

‘No language other than Turkish shall be taught,’ says Education Minister

Minister of National Education Ziya Selçuk has answered the Parliamentary question of HDP MP Sıdık Taş about education in the mother language. The Minister has referred to Article 42 of the Constitution.

Children’s rights in Turkey: 79 percent of children work, child abuse is hidden

Children’s rights in Turkey: 79 percent of children work, child abuse is hidden

In a statement to mark the International Children’s Day, CHP's Tanrıkulu has noted that access is blocked to Justice Ministry’s data on sexual abuse in 2002-2017. 39 children died in occupational homicides in the first 8 months of 2020, he has added.

‘Disregarding mother language in education means disregarding the child’

‘Disregarding mother language in education means disregarding the child’

In a Parliamentary question addressed to the Minister of Education, HDP MP Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir has underlined that one of the most fundamental human rights of an individual is to be educated in her or his mother language.

17 September 2020

‘Disciplinary Punishment to Demonstration for Education in Mother Tongue a Violation of Right’

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

‘Disciplinary Punishment to Demonstration for Education in Mother Tongue a Violation of Right’

Giving its judgement regarding two teachers, who were given a disciplinary punishment for attending a march demanding mother tongue based education, Constitutional Court has ruled that their right to assembly and demonstration has been violated.

23 January 2019

Education in Kurdish Not Allowed, Army Blocks Roads

Education in Kurdish Not Allowed, Army Blocks Roads

Following the arrival of Turkish Army officials to a school intended to teach classes in Kurdish in Diyarbakır’s Lice district, villagers tok the roads which was responded by blocking of all roads by army soldiers.

11 September 2014 Yüce Yöney

"Bilingual Life" Project Fuels Interest in Kurdish Language

KURDISH QUESTION

"Bilingual Life" Project Fuels Interest in Kurdish Language

Besim Baykal, President of the Kurdish KURDİ-DER association, sees education in the mother tongue as a key to a solution of the Kurdish question. In the course of the recent discussion on the "bilingual life" project, applications for language courses rocketed.

4 January 2011 Berivan Tapan