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People singing Kurdish, Armenian songs not arrested in Turkey any more
June 4, 2011 - 14:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - People singing songs in Kurdish would have been
arrested five years ago, the Diyarbakır state prosecutor told an
audience Friday, June 3, adding that rational people do not stand
against change, but instead encourage it.
Durdu Kavak, the chief prosecutor of the southeastern province,
attended a ceremony Friday that was organized by Dicle University and
featured conservatory artists singing songs in Turkish, Kurdish, Zaza
dialect and Armenian.
`Had I participated such a program in 2006, when I first came here,
and had such a piece [in Kurdish] been sung, I would have immediately
left the ceremony, and then detained and arrested everyone singing the
song,' Kavak said following the ceremony, adding that Diyarbakır has
gone through many changes in general, Hurriyet Daily News reported
citing Anatolia agency.
`The song called `Leyla' was especially beautiful. Leyla is the name
of a girl I once fell in love with while in university,' Kavak added.
Diyarbakır Gov. Mustafa Topark and university rector AyÅ?egül Jale
Saraç were also present at the ceremony, which was organized for the
university's Medicine Faculty being granted the `ISO 900' certificate.
`They say the only unchangeable thing is change itself. Anyone who is
rational does not stand [against] change, but rather encourages
change. I thank you all for encouraging such a change,' Kavak said in
his speech.
June 4, 2011 - 14:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - People singing songs in Kurdish would have been
arrested five years ago, the Diyarbakır state prosecutor told an
audience Friday, June 3, adding that rational people do not stand
against change, but instead encourage it.
Durdu Kavak, the chief prosecutor of the southeastern province,
attended a ceremony Friday that was organized by Dicle University and
featured conservatory artists singing songs in Turkish, Kurdish, Zaza
dialect and Armenian.
`Had I participated such a program in 2006, when I first came here,
and had such a piece [in Kurdish] been sung, I would have immediately
left the ceremony, and then detained and arrested everyone singing the
song,' Kavak said following the ceremony, adding that Diyarbakır has
gone through many changes in general, Hurriyet Daily News reported
citing Anatolia agency.
`The song called `Leyla' was especially beautiful. Leyla is the name
of a girl I once fell in love with while in university,' Kavak added.
Diyarbakır Gov. Mustafa Topark and university rector AyÅ?egül Jale
Saraç were also present at the ceremony, which was organized for the
university's Medicine Faculty being granted the `ISO 900' certificate.
`They say the only unchangeable thing is change itself. Anyone who is
rational does not stand [against] change, but rather encourages
change. I thank you all for encouraging such a change,' Kavak said in
his speech.