Strong reactions against Kurdish name ban in Diyarbakýr
Strong reactions against Kurdish name ban in Diyarbakýr
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Language and Education Commission released a written statement in Kurdish in response to the name ban imposed on Cegerxwin Cultural Center and 19 parks on the grounds of being Kurdish and consisting of letters borrowed from foreign languages. DTK commission called on the Turkish Parliament to make new legal amendments and to end assimilation policies in the soonest time.
DTK evaluated the court ban as AKP governments violating the laws and democratic steps it has introduced itself and underlined that these kind of bans and prohibitions will not end until the status of the Kurdish people is recognized by the constitution.
DTK statement ended saying that We dont accept these bans and we will continue to struggle for the development and protection of the Kurdish language.
One other reaction against the name ban came from Diyarbakýr Bar Association Chair M.Emin Aktar who criticized the court decision which had said that Centers and areas cannot be given a name that could give rise to discrimination and separatism.
Aktar reminded that the banned Kurdish names were given in line with the decision of Kayapýnar District council in 2006 and underlined that a court cannot rule a decision by ignoring the demand and will of people.
DTK evaluated the court ban as AKP governments violating the laws and democratic steps it has introduced itself and underlined that these kind of bans and prohibitions will not end until the status of the Kurdish people is recognized by the constitution.
DTK statement ended saying that We dont accept these bans and we will continue to struggle for the development and protection of the Kurdish language.
One other reaction against the name ban came from Diyarbakýr Bar Association Chair M.Emin Aktar who criticized the court decision which had said that Centers and areas cannot be given a name that could give rise to discrimination and separatism.
Aktar reminded that the banned Kurdish names were given in line with the decision of Kayapýnar District council in 2006 and underlined that a court cannot rule a decision by ignoring the demand and will of people.
