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ALL KURDISH SCHOOLS TO BE COMPLETED IN DIYARBEKIR IN APRIL
09:51 â~@¢ 04.03.14
Residents of the Turkish village Diyarbakır have completed the
building of a school, which will start Kurdish education in April,
marking a first in Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
People of the Yalaza Village in the Lice district of the predominantly
Kurdish populated Diyarbakır, are close to completing the three-story
school building, in which Kurdish education will be held.
According to plans, the first floor will be used for pre-schools and
the other two floors will be used for Kurdish education until eighth
grade. Turkish and English will be optional lessons in the school.
The move came after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader
Abdullah Ocalan sent out a message to Kurdish politicians, reading,
"Don't just wait for the state to do something; do it yourself."
The government has given a green light on education in mother tongues
in private schools as part of the democratization package announced
Sept. 30, 2013.
A teacher, Abdullah Pınar, confirmed that they have been following
Ocalan's advice, who is conducting the peace talks with the state
despite being jailed in İmralı.
"We are not demanding something from the state, we are building it
ourselves," Pınar said, adding this was the essence of Ocalan's
'democratic nation' remarks, which he referred to in his "ceasefire"
speech on Nevruz, March 21, last year.
"Our demand of a Kurdish school and education in our mother tongue
are one of the main legs of the democratic nation paradigm," Pınar
said, adding that is how the autonomy will start. "We don't expect
anything from anybody. This school was built entirely by the people's
will and gathering money among themselves."
"There are hundreds of young women and men that have the capacity to
teach. They teach our native language with money. Here, we will do
it for free," Pinar said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
09:51 â~@¢ 04.03.14
Residents of the Turkish village Diyarbakır have completed the
building of a school, which will start Kurdish education in April,
marking a first in Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
People of the Yalaza Village in the Lice district of the predominantly
Kurdish populated Diyarbakır, are close to completing the three-story
school building, in which Kurdish education will be held.
According to plans, the first floor will be used for pre-schools and
the other two floors will be used for Kurdish education until eighth
grade. Turkish and English will be optional lessons in the school.
The move came after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader
Abdullah Ocalan sent out a message to Kurdish politicians, reading,
"Don't just wait for the state to do something; do it yourself."
The government has given a green light on education in mother tongues
in private schools as part of the democratization package announced
Sept. 30, 2013.
A teacher, Abdullah Pınar, confirmed that they have been following
Ocalan's advice, who is conducting the peace talks with the state
despite being jailed in İmralı.
"We are not demanding something from the state, we are building it
ourselves," Pınar said, adding this was the essence of Ocalan's
'democratic nation' remarks, which he referred to in his "ceasefire"
speech on Nevruz, March 21, last year.
"Our demand of a Kurdish school and education in our mother tongue
are one of the main legs of the democratic nation paradigm," Pınar
said, adding that is how the autonomy will start. "We don't expect
anything from anybody. This school was built entirely by the people's
will and gathering money among themselves."
"There are hundreds of young women and men that have the capacity to
teach. They teach our native language with money. Here, we will do
it for free," Pinar said.
Armenian News - Tert.am