Kurdish people in Europe are stepping up a campaign on the right to be taught in their mother language. Today, 21 February, is International Mother Language Day and events and demonstrations are to be staged both in Kurdistan and in Europe.
Kurdish people continue to support the campaign for bilingualism in the region despite the many obstacles.
In recent weeks, poet Muhsin Avare, member of the Writers Union of Federative Kurdistan Region, said that the Kurdish People have right to speak, write and develop their mother tongue like any nations need.
Shopkeepers in many cities did not open their shutters to protest all prohibition on Kurdish Language.
Amnesty International (AI) recognized Kurdish language and will began to use Kurdish language on its website. AI signed a protocol with KURDÝ-DER Batman branch in order to translate all written document into Kurdish for one year.