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PANEL APPROVES BILL FOR CHANGING NAMES OF UNIVERSITY, DISTRICT IN TURKEY
Hurriyet Daily news, Turkey
Oct 24 2013
ANKARA
A Parliamentary Commission has approved the bill to change the names
of a university and a district, the government promised as part of
recently announced democratization package, and the bill is expected
to be passed in Parliament's General Assembly soon.
According to the bill signed by lawmakers from the ruling Justice and
Development Party, (AKP), the name of Nev癬_ehir University will be
changed to "Nev癬_ehir Hac覺 Bekta癬_-覺 Veli University," and the
name of the Ayd覺nlar district in the Siirt province will be changed
to Tillo, its former name.
During debates at the Parliament's National Education, Culture and
Youth Commission on Oct. 24, deputies of both the main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP) objected to changing the name of Siirt's Ayd覺nlar district,
but they both favored changing name of Nev癬_ehir University.
"If we change district's names with the mentality of 'people want
it, it is the accepted name,' we will face further demands soon. For
example, somebody will demand to change the name of Diyarbak覺r to
Amed [Kurdish], Agr覺 to Ararat [Armenian], 襤zmir to Smyrna [Greek]
and Istanbul to Konstantinopolis [Greek]. This won't get us anywhere,"
CHP lawmaker Nur Serter said.
The bill was submitted to the Parliament Speaker's Office on Oct. 9
by the AKP's Parliamentary group, as a sign that the group has
internalized the "democratization package," a set of reforms.
Hac覺 Bekta癬_-覺 Veli is known as an esteemed figure for the Alevi
community.
The bill rationalized the change from Ayd覺nlar to Tillo as "It is
a known fact that Siirt's Ayd覺nlar district is known as 'Tillo',"
while adding the name Ayd覺nlar was not accepted in the country and
it played a negative role in the promotion and development of the
district. "By changing the district's name with the proposal, it is
aimed to give back its old, accepted name," the bill stated.
Both changes were previously announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on Sept. 30.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Hurriyet Daily news, Turkey
Oct 24 2013
ANKARA
A Parliamentary Commission has approved the bill to change the names
of a university and a district, the government promised as part of
recently announced democratization package, and the bill is expected
to be passed in Parliament's General Assembly soon.
According to the bill signed by lawmakers from the ruling Justice and
Development Party, (AKP), the name of Nev癬_ehir University will be
changed to "Nev癬_ehir Hac覺 Bekta癬_-覺 Veli University," and the
name of the Ayd覺nlar district in the Siirt province will be changed
to Tillo, its former name.
During debates at the Parliament's National Education, Culture and
Youth Commission on Oct. 24, deputies of both the main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP) objected to changing the name of Siirt's Ayd覺nlar district,
but they both favored changing name of Nev癬_ehir University.
"If we change district's names with the mentality of 'people want
it, it is the accepted name,' we will face further demands soon. For
example, somebody will demand to change the name of Diyarbak覺r to
Amed [Kurdish], Agr覺 to Ararat [Armenian], 襤zmir to Smyrna [Greek]
and Istanbul to Konstantinopolis [Greek]. This won't get us anywhere,"
CHP lawmaker Nur Serter said.
The bill was submitted to the Parliament Speaker's Office on Oct. 9
by the AKP's Parliamentary group, as a sign that the group has
internalized the "democratization package," a set of reforms.
Hac覺 Bekta癬_-覺 Veli is known as an esteemed figure for the Alevi
community.
The bill rationalized the change from Ayd覺nlar to Tillo as "It is
a known fact that Siirt's Ayd覺nlar district is known as 'Tillo',"
while adding the name Ayd覺nlar was not accepted in the country and
it played a negative role in the promotion and development of the
district. "By changing the district's name with the proposal, it is
aimed to give back its old, accepted name," the bill stated.
Both changes were previously announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on Sept. 30.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress