Roughly 18000 kurds out of 20 million kurds...

[Su]

Based on the Turkish government 20% of Turkey is Kurdish which is 15 million people out of 75 million is Kurdish but according to Kurds or Kurdish sources it is at least 20 million out of 75 million is Kurdish.

Anyway keep the number in mind and read the following article then you will realise just how very tiny percentage of Kurds is seeking kurdish lessons at schools:

‘Mother tongue class less than expected’

Turkish Education Minister Ömer Dinçer said the demand for mother tongue education was much less than had been expected and the final data would be released in a few weeks.

“The data we obtained show that there is a serious decrease in demand [for mother tongue education]. Only Kurmanji [a Kurdish dialect] and Zazaki are demanded, and about 18,000 people demand them. I cannot give more specific information since every school declares its own records, and statistical data is still required,” Dinçer said at an opening ceremony in Istanbul yesterday.

Speaking about PKK attacks on educational institutions in the east, Dinçer said the PKK aimed to harm Turkey’s education system.

“We are talking about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party [PKK] as a terrorist organization, and the subject of terrorism has many dimensions. I can say that the main target is to harm education,” Dinçer said, adding that the families in southeastern and eastern Turkey wanted their children to receive education and reacted against the attacks.

According to him, the PKK was not expecting such determination.

“Even though the terrorist organization tried hard to hinder education, they faced the people’s resistance.”
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mot...&NewsCatID=338

Why do you reckon that the number of students choosing Kurdish as mother tongue class is less than expected ?

[ChildOfTheJin]

1) Kurds can only study Kurdish 2 hours a week. It is a waste of time if it is so short. It should be allowed daily.

2) I do not agree with Turkish propaganda trying to claim the PKK attacks schools

3) I highly doubt this website is reliable in a case that involves the Kurds.

4) The article said Kurdish. Arrest the traitor who wrote this!

[Su]

I highly doubt this website is reliable in a case that involves the Kurds.

You're having double standards, if this new paper publishes an article that you can use to troll Turks, you got no doubt about the truth of the article but if its involved pkk terrorists you show your double standards and don't accept the truth.

Also why don't you post some news about the Iraqi kurds, you are not from Turkey, Turkey is not your country. You are originating from Iraq and so far I have never seen you opening a thread about Iraq or how many threads did you opened up about Iraq and how many about Turkey?

[Hayalet]

Interesting figure. But I would like to see Bugarash's take on this before offering my own. Because 11 thousand students among the Turkish community of 600 thousands was supposed to be a tiny percentage in Bulgaria. What does that make 18 thousand students among the Kurdish community of over 10 million in Turkey? Is there a word in dictionary for that?

[Su]

Interesting figure. But I would like to see Bugarash's take on this before offering my own. Because 11 thousand students among the Turkish community of 600 thousands was supposed to be a tiny percentage in Bulgaria. What does that make 18 thousand students among the Kurdish community of over 10 million in Turkey? Is there a word in dictionary for that?

You say it 10 million, while the government says 15 millions and kurdish nationalists say 20 millions

At any rate I wanna see Bugarash's answer

[Hayalet]

You say it 10 million, while the government says 15 millions and kurdish nationalists say 20 millions

Actually, the government doesn't have an official position on this. In any case, the more Kurds there are, the smaller the percentage in question becomes.

[ChildOfTheJin]

You're having double standards, if this new paper publishes an article that you can use to troll Turks, you got no doubt about the truth of the article but if its involved pkk terrorists you show your double standards and don't accept the truth.

Also why don't you post some news about the Iraqi kurds, you are not from Turkey, Turkey is not your country. You are originating from Iraq and so far I have never seen you opening a thread about Iraq or how many threads did you opened up about Iraq and how many about Turkey?

Yes but can you trust a Turkish site on Kurds? Same applies for the kurdish sites on Turks. It isn't reliable.

Turkey is not my country correct, the Netherlands is my country. For me, I view all Kurds as the same people. A Turkish Kurd is no different to a Iraqi Kurd.

[Hayalet]

Yes but can you trust a Turkish site on Kurds? Same applies for the kurdish sites on Turks. It isn't reliable.

Do you live your whole life on the Internet? Because that figure does not come from a website, but the Minister of National Education in Turkey. If there is any suspicion he is not telling the truth, any Member of Parliament (including 29 Kurdish nationalists) can submit a motion of interpellation against him. You should keep your Iraqi mouth shut until they do.

[Demhat]

source Hurriyetdailyshit

[ChildOfTheJin]

You should keep your Iraqi mouth shut until they do.

What part of me is Iraqi? I am only only Iraqi if I say so keep your 2D Mongoloid mouth shut!

Do you live your whole life on the Internet? Because that figure does not come from a website, but the Minister of National Education in Turkey. If there is any suspicion he is not telling the truth, any Member of Parliament (including 29 Kurdish nationalists) can submit a motion of interpellation against him.

Minister of National Education in Turkey

Minister of National Education in Turkey