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Language death, language suicide and Zaza language
ONE CENTURY, ONE REGIME AND MOTHER TONGUE | ZAZA LANGUAGE
Language death, language suicide and Zaza language
The Zaza language can hold onto life and continue to live. We should not forget that we will lose our soul together with our language if this does not happen.
22 February 2023 Ercan Çağlayan
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
Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights
Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights
The project aims to monitor children's access to the right to mother tongue education and cultural rights.
11 November 2022
Police detain nine protesting for mother tongue education in İstanbul
Police detain nine protesting for mother tongue education in İstanbul
HDP members gathered in front of a primary school to read out a statement demanding mother tongue education rights.
16 September 2022
'Civil disobedience': Author Mahmut Alınak offers Kurdish education at his house
'Civil disobedience': Author Mahmut Alınak offers Kurdish education at his house
Having turned his garage into a classroom, Alınak says the intellectuals have the duty to make the state take action for mother tongue education.
22 July 2022
More than 20,000 students choose Kurdish language classes in Turkey
More than 20,000 students choose Kurdish language classes in Turkey
Elective Kurdish language education was introduced in Turkey in 2012 but has been hindered by the lack of teacher appointments.
21 February 2022
In protest of ban on Kurdish, HDP deputy reads out same speech in Kurdish and German
In protest of ban on Kurdish, HDP deputy reads out same speech in Kurdish and German
"Everyone but you is aware that being multicultural and multilingual does not divide but enrich a country," MP Uca has remarked, criticizing the ban on mother tongue education in Turkey.
13 December 2021
99.1 percent of families want their children to be educated in their mother language
99.1 percent of families want their children to be educated in their mother language
Answering the questions of Socio-Political Field Research Center, 53.6 percent of the respondents said, "I speak, understand, read and write my mother language” while 32.3 percent stated, "I speak, I understand, but I cannot read or write.”
10 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel
Medium of instruction in Kurdish language department changed to Turkish
Medium of instruction in Kurdish language department changed to Turkish
The change has been made on the grounds that permission by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is required to change the medium of instruction to another language than Turkish.
3 August 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
“Living Languages and Dialects”: Right to Mother Tongue Education
MOTHER TONGUE DAY
“Living Languages and Dialects”: Right to Mother Tongue Education
Students who choose take the two-hour-per-week “Living Languages and Dialects” course offered in some primary and secondary schools often say of their mother tongues: “I can understand but can’t speak”. After a while, understanding will not be enough anymore; they will want to speak, write and create. But Is it possible that these courses can be effective?
21 February 2017 Haluk Kalafat
#anadilindebarış: Peace in Mother Tongue
MOTHER TONGUE DAY / VIDEO IN 14 LANGUAGES
#anadilindebarış: Peace in Mother Tongue
We have called out “peace!” in Adyghe, Abkhazian, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Homshetsi, Judaeo Spanish, Kurdish, Lazuri, Ossetic, Romanian, Romaic, Assyrian and Turkish. Because we know that peace is beautiful in every language and much more beautiful when said in every language.
22 February 2016
School Boycott for Education in Mother Tongue
KURDISH LANGUAGE
School Boycott for Education in Mother Tongue
The education union Eğitim-Sen and pro-Kurdish organizations called for a one-week school boycott in the Kurdish-majority South-East to claim the right to education in their mother tongue. President Gül criticized the boycott as the "enlisting of children for a political cause".
21 September 2010 Semra Pelek
A Seven Year Wait for Native Language Broadcasting
A Seven Year Wait for Native Language Broadcasting
The Radio and Television Supreme Council has announced that 14 radio stations and TV channels have been given permission to broadcast in Kirmanci, Zaza and Arabic. Previous restrictions have been lifted.
25 February 2010 Erol Önderoğlu
"Errorists" Stick Tongue out at Kurdish Letter Ban
Online Action
"Errorists" Stick Tongue out at Kurdish Letter Ban
A group of artists calling themselves "errorists" has started a campaign of protest against the ban on Kurdish letters in Turkey.
25 August 2009 Bawer Çakır
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