On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:59:20 +0800
"Senectus ." <senectus gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/11/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrettoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:56:40 +0800
> > "Zak B. Elep" <zakameubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/29/06, t u <towsonu2003gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > http://en.wi
kinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_operating_system_under_investigation
_by_Turkish_attorney_general
> > > >
> > > > I was going to send this to
ubuntu-devel, but I somehow overcame the
> > > > desire to do so...
> > > >
> > > > PS. I am Turkish, and I am truly ashamed
by this...
> > >
> > > Why? Is there some other `negative' context
in this `investigation'?
> > > I've read that the attorney general is
investigating on the `mayor of
> > > Sur and on Ubuntu;' are you insinuating that
there has been some sort
> > > of illegal action taken by the mayor?
> >
> > Turkish policy on Kurdish language:
> >
> > http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~siamakr/Kurd
ish/KURDICA/1999/JUL/policy.html
> >
> >
> > I think we can assume that the Turkish government
takes a dim view of such
> > efforts. judging by the above link.
> >
> > Also see
> > http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/worl
d/war/kurdistan-turkey.htm
> >
> >
> > The definition of Ubuntu is perhaps lost on them.
>
>
> Whoa.... that's some nasty history
> I'd be very interested to see what the official Ubuntu
stance is on this,
> it's a hell of a pickle.
I've been Googling a bit. It appears that there is
*supposed* to be a
change of policy in Turkey regarding Kurdish language - it
would help to
know specifics about the "investigation" mentioned
in the O.P.
The quote below is from
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/publi
cations/rn/rn_2006_3.htm
which appears to be dated this year:
" The process proves to be extremely challenging and
unpredictable. Take
the example of language rights, which were recently granted
to the Kurdish
minority. While falling far short of international standards
and
insufficient to meet the demands of many Kurds for education
in their
mother tongue, the enactment of a law that allows private
courses to teach
Kurdish is a significant step forward in a country where the
utterance of
a Kurdish word in public was prohibited until 1991. Yet this
elementary
move of granting Kurds limited cultural rights has faced a
strong
resistance by bureaucrats who use imaginative ways to wield
their power to
curtail the fulfilment of these rights. While the extent of
the
government's commitment to recognize, respect and protect
minority
cultures is debatable in the absence of an express
commitment towards that
end, the boldness of the Kurdish language law is irrefutable
in light of
previous state policies, which were based on homogenizing
minority
cultures."
Peter
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