If you loose your language, the nation will be lost too, says Turk
28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
Co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Ahmet Turk responded the PM’s Erdogan’s speech of yesterday. In response to the PM’s statement in which he said “Mother tongue education is out of question. The official language of the country is Turkish.” Ahmet Turks said such statement caused disappointments among the Kurds and once the culture has been lost the nation will also be lost.
“Mr. PM is talking about an opening. 1700 Kurdish politicians are under custody. It is claimed that the judiciary is independent. Do they really think that the Kurds are stupid? One day the PM is giving hopes to the Kurds and the next day he is coming out with a complete statement which causes disappointments among the Kurds.” added Ahmet Turk.
Speaking in a TV program on CNNTurk Ahmet Turk responded the PM’s statement of yesterday in which he was offering private language courses instead of mother tongue education. Ahmet Turk said demands for mother tongue education which is recognised in democratic countries are legitimate and rightful. He also said that private courses cannot keep a language alive. “If a language is not used in public sphere then it cannot survive. Last week Ocalan told Selahattin Demirtas to teach both Kurdish and Turkish to his children. We can achieve it. We can create a bilingual Turkey. A language should be free to use in every field including literature. But by forbidding it the society is separated rather then unified.” added Ahmet Turk.
Concerning Democratic Autonomy Ahmet Turk said the autonomy project by DTK and BDP is not aiming at separation but unification. It means the participation of the society in the administration.
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