DOCSLIB.ORG

Same Home Different Languages

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Same Home Different Languages INTERGENERATIONAL LANGUAGE SHIFT TENDENCIES, LIMITATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES / THE CASE OF DİYARBAKIR SAME HOME DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Handan ÇAĞLAYAN English Translation: Agata Fortuna SAME HOME DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INTERGENERATIONAL LANGUAGE SHIFT TENDENCIES, LIMITATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES THE CASE OF DİYARBAKIR HANDAN ÇAĞLAYAN English Translation: Agata Fortuna DISA PUBLICATIONS DIYARBAKIR INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH (DISA) SAME HOME DIFFERENT LANGUAGES / INTERGENERATIONAL LANGUAGE SHIFT Handan Çağlayan, received her PhD in 2006 from the Department of Political TENDENCIES, LIMITATIONS, OPPORTUNITES / THE CASE OF DİYARBAKIR Science and Public Administration at Ankara University. Until 2013 she worked at Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası/Eğitim Author: Handan Çağlayan Sen) as a gender equality expert. Currently, she gives lectures on gender related Project Management: Atalay Göçer issues. Çağlayan conducts studies on class, ethnicity and gender based inequality and interactions between them. Project Consultant: Şerif Derince English Translation: Agata Fortuna Published books Proof-reading: Esra Kaliber Analar, Yoldaşlar, Tanrıçalar/Kürt Hareketinde Kadınlar ve Kürt Kadın Kimliğinin İnşası [Mot- Publication Identity Design: Medyakom Kreatif Ajans hers, Companions, Goddesses/Women in Kurdish Movement and Construction of Kurdish Cover Design: Medyakom Kreatif Ajans Women’s Identity] Page Layout: Medyakom Kreatif Ajans Eğitim İşkolunda Çalışan Kadınların Sosyal Hakları ve İş Güvencesi (ed.) [Social Rights and Job Cover Photography: Mahmut Ula Security of Women Working in Education Sector] (together with Elif Akgül Ateş) Compilation Editor: Atalay Göçer, DİSA Ne Değişti?/Kürt Kadınların Zorunlu Göç Deneyimi [What has changed?/Kurdish Women’ For- Printing: Berdan Matbaacılık Davutpaşa Cad. Güven San. Sit. ced Migration Experience] (together with Şemsa Özar and Ayşe Tepe Doğan) C Blok No: 215/216 Topkapı/İSTANBUL Tel: 0212 613 12 11 Kürt Kadınların Penceresinden: Resmi Kimlik Politikaları, Milliyetçilik ve Barış Mücadelesi [From Kurdish Women’s Perspective: Official Identity Policies, Nationalism and Struggle for Peace] First Edition: September 2014 ISBN: 978-605-5458-23-2 Same Home Different Languages/Intergenerational Language Shift/Tendencies, Limitations, Opportunities/The Case of Diyarbakır report was prepared as a part The translated title of this book is proposed by its author and project consultant themselves. of the Mother Tongue First: Mother Tongue and Multilingualism in Education pro- ject supported by the Diyarbakır Institute for Political and Social Research (DISA), Open Society Foundation, Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DTSO), Eğitim Sen, Association of Common Solution in Education (Eğitimde Ortak Çözüm Copyright © May 2014 Derneği - EOÇD), Heinrich Böll Stiftung Association (HBSD) and Kurdish Education All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the and Language Movement (TZP Kurdî). The opinions presented in the report may not permission of Diyarbakır Institute for Political and Social Research (DISA). necessarily reflect the opinions of DİSA, Open Society Foundation, DTSO, Eğitim Sen, EOÇD, HBSD and TZP Kurdî. Prepared with cooperation and support of: Mimar Sinan Cad. Aslan Apt. B Blok No: 12 21100 Yenişehir/DİYARBAKIR Tel: +90 412 228 1442 Faks: +90 412 224 1442 www.disa.org.tr [email protected] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Completing this research was only possible with the diligent work and contributions of many people. First, I would like to thank Şemsa Özar and Şerif Derince. Their opinions, suggestions, criticism and evaluation were the guiding light at every stage of my work in this research including research design and writing stage. I would also like to thank Şerif Derince for preparing the preface and his contribution to the chapter related to the theoretical debate. Mürsel Yıldız, Songül Can and Berivan Alagöz were involved in the research process from the beginning to the end providing many valuable contributions. They mobilized in order to reach families for interviews. We did many of the interviews together and their evaluation of the research findings broadened its perspective. At the same time, Mürsel Yıldız and Berivan transcribed the interview recordings. Nurcan Baysal, Vahap Coşkun and Atalay Göçer provided valuable insights during the research. Interviews in Karabahçe and in the Kızılkuyu of Karaçdağ were possible thanks to Ramazan and Xezal Kızoğlu. Remziye Arslan and Zeri İnanç read the text of the research and provided stimulating suggestions, criticisms and evaluation. This study would not have been possible without the people of Diyarbakır who opened their homes and agreed to be interviewed, who shared their feelings and opinions. In addition to them, I would like to express my gratitude individually to the people whom I consulted with regarding the field and topic of the research. On that note I would like to thank: Hikmet Korkmaz (branch director) and Sidar Gülen (member) from Eğitim Sen in Diyarbakır; Leyla Bağatır, Pelda Yalçın and Gûlan Bingöl - teachers working in the educational support centers governed by the local authorities; Zeynep Demir - social services expert; Naşide Buluttekin and Nevim Yakut from Umut Işığı Cooperative for Women, Environment and Culture; Fatma Yıldırım from the Department of Public Relations of Metropolitan Municipality, Ahwelat Turhallı Altın, Sadiye Bulut, Müzeyen Aydın Anık and Makbule Altuntaş for their contributions. I would like to emphasize the role of the participants of the panel discussion in developing this work. They shared their opinions and reviews during the discussion panel that was organized on the 22nd of February 2014 to present the findings. When coping with problems during the research preparation process and especially when writing it, I have always felt the moral support of Beril Eyüpoğlu and Minu İnkaya. They supported me with their friendship and constant encouragement. CONTENTS PREFACE.............................................................................................11 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................19 A. FIELD, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH...............................26 B. REACHING THE INTERVIEWEES AND THE LANGUAGE OF INTERVIEWS..................................................................................30 C. DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED............................................................................32 D. EVALUATING THE FINDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE INTERVIEWEES...........34 E. FRAMEWORK OF THE REPORT............................................................................34 F. REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE RESEARCH.......................................................35 CHAPTER ONE CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES TO MOTHER TONGUE, BILINGUALISM AND MONOLINGUALISATION.......................................37 A. CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES............................................................................37 B. MULTILINGUALISM AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES IN TURKEY........49 CHAPTER TWO GENERATIONS AND LANGUAGES.........................................................57 A. DIYARBAKIR: A MULTILINGUAL CITY................................................................57 B. GENERAL TENDENCIES IN LANGUAGE USE AMONG DIFFERENT GENERATIONS....................................................................................63 1. Persistence of the First Generation....................................................64 2. Caillou, Pepe and Keloğlan...................................................................71 3. Bridging Role of the Second Generation...........................................73 4. Learning Turkish for the Sake of Grandchildren..............................77 5. Which Language Where?.....................................................................83 6. A Bilingual Life.....................................................................................83 7. Language of Emotions..........................................................................86 8. The Last Shelter of Mother Tongue: Secret Talks.............................87 C. MIGRATION AND MOTHER TONGUE: FROM XWEYLIN TO ADANA AND ÇORLU..............................................................89 1. Xweylin: A Village Concealed in a Multitude of Historical Names.................................................................................89 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 2. Şakirpaşa in Adana: Ben u Sen’s Projection in Adana....................92 3. Education, Employment, Social Circles and DDKO Devrimci Doğu Kültür Ocakları (Revolutionary Eastern Cultural Hearths) Mother Tongue in Çorlu...........................................................................93 Eğitim-Sen Bilim ve Eğitim Emekçileri Sendikası (Education and Science D. SCHOOL IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE..................................................................96 Workers Union) 1. Starting School......................................................................................98 KCK Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdistan Communities Union) 2. Curriculum and Teachers...................................................................100 PKK Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (Worker’s Party of Kurdistan) E. LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, TRAUMA......................................................................107 TİP Türkiye İşçi Partisi (Worker’s Party of Turkey) 1. To Fear and Love.................................................................................108
Load more

Recommended publications
  • THE AWAKENING of the CONVERTED ARMENIANS: Notes of an Investigative Journalist 1980-2011
    THE AWAKENING OF THE CONVERTED ARMENIANS: Notes of an Investigative Journalist 1980-2011 Hamo Moskofian* In September 1980, when a military coup d'état took place in Turkey led by Kenan Evren, head of a fascist junta, thousands of progressive and left-wing activists fled to Syria and Lebanon to escape mass arrests and hanging. Some of them, being skillful revolutionaries and professional combatants, joined the ranks of the Palestinian revolutionary organizations. As a reporter, I built close relations with Devrimci Sol (Revolutionary Left), Devrimci Yol (Revolutionary Path), Partizan Yol (Guerilla Path), Türkiye Komünist Partisi Lenincileri (Communist Party of Turkey – Leninists), THKP Acilciler and- TİKKO-Türkiye İşçi Köylü Komünist Partisi (Popular Party of Turkey and Workers and Peasants Communist Party of Turkey), P.K.K. (Kurdistan Work- ers' Party) and some other organizations, many members of which were con- verted, Kurdified and Turkified Armenians. Also their ranks later included people that struggled for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, such as Ta- ner Akçam, Hrant Dink, Mihraç Ural, Abdullah Ocalan (“Apo”), Erkin Erki- ner, Aram Tigran and many others. Since the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 our most significant meet- ings took place in 1999 in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Germany with Hamsheni Armenians and Kurdified Alevi Armenians. Aliye Alice Alt, her brother Sadet Bostan – Tigran Kostanyan and her son Deniz Alt, Turkish- * Political journalist, editor, Beirut, Lebanon. 87 H.Moskofian «21st CENTURY», № 1 (11), 2012 speaking and Islamized Armenians who were later baptized as Christians, were the relatives of Mesut Yılmaz, the former Prime Minister of Turkey. Al- ice Alt’s diploma thesis-book “Hamshen Armenians in the Mirror of History” has been translated from German to Greek by Yorgo Andreadis and to Turk- ish language by Ragip Zarakolu.
    [Show full text]
  • Owners Protest Kiosk Closures in Yerevan Opens to Worship In
    AUGUST 13, 2011 MirTHE rARoMENr IAN -Spe ctator Volume LXXXII, NO. 5, Issue 4199 $ 2.00 NEWS IN BRIEF The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Armenian Church Re- Owners Protest Kiosk Closures in Yerevan Opens to Worship in exact number of kiosks that are due be shut acceptable” agreements with the owners of Southern Turkey By Elina Chilingarian down, though it is likely to be in the thou - kiosks falling into the latter category. “That ISTANBUL (WorldBulletin.net) — An Armenian sands. means that they will probably be offered church was re-opened on Sunday for worship after The Yerevan municipality says other locations [for selling things],” she being closed for nine years in Iskenderun, a town in YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Owners of kiosks Karapetian’s decision applies to those said. the southern province of Hatay. across Yerevan selling food, cigarettes and kiosks that operate without valid licenses The protesters dismissed these explana - The Armenian patriarchate of Istanbul appointed other goods continued to demonstrate on or are located on major streets in and out - tions. “We have one-year contracts with Rev. Avedis Tabashyan to Karasun Manuk Monday against the closure of Armenian Church in Iskenderun. their small businesses, which The former priest of the church, Sarkis Serup was ordered by Mayor Karen Bilyan, died in 2002, and the church has been Karapetian earlier this year. closed since then. More than a hundred work - The church was built in 1872. ers gathered outside the mayor’s office to protest against what they see as an ille - 400 Iranian-Armenians gal and unfair decision that will leave them without a Partake in Pan- source of income.
    [Show full text]
  • Bulletin De Liaison Et D'information
    INSTITUT KUDE RPARD IS E Bulletin de liaison et d’information N°365 AOUT 2015 La publication de ce Bulletin bénéficie de subventions du Ministère français des Affaires étrangères (DGCID) et du Fonds d’action et de soutien pour l’intégration et la lutte contre les discriminations (FASILD) ————— Ce bulletin paraît en français et anglais Prix au numéro : France: 6 € — Etranger : 7,5 € Abonnement annuel (12 numéros) France : 60 € — Etranger : 75 € Périodique mensuel Directeur de la publication : Mohamad HASSAN Numéro de la Commission Paritaire : 659 13 A.S. ISBN 0761 1285 INSTITUT KURDE, 106, rue La Fayette - 75010 PARIS Tél. : 01- 48 24 64 64 - Fax : 01- 48 24 64 66 www.fikp.org E-mail: [email protected] Bulletin de liaison et d’information de l’Institut kurde de Paris N° 365 août 2015 • KURDISTAN D’IRAK : CRISE POLITIQUE AUTOUR DU MANDAT PRÉSIDENTIEL • TURQUIE : VERS DES ÉLECTIONS ANTICIPÉES DANS UN CLIMAT DE TENSION • SYRIE : DÉSACCORD TURCO-AMÉRICAIN SUR LA CRÉATION D’UNE ZONE-TAMPON • CULTURE : EXÉCUTION DE L’ARCHÉOLOGUE KHALED ASAAD KURDISTAN D’IRAK : CRISE POLITIQUE AUTOUR DU MANDAT PRÉSIDENTIEL lors que le mandat pré - démocratique du Kurdistan de sants au PDK souhaitent au sidentiel, déjà prolongé Massoud Barzani demandant à contraire que le président soit A de 2 ans, devait expirer ce que le président soit reconduit dorénavant désigné par le le 19 août, le 1er août, la dans ses fonctions deux années Parlement. Cour de Cassation du supplémentaires, en avançant Kurdistan d’Irak, constatant que la situation de guerre et la Les réunions, rencontres et qu’aucune solution ni compro - crise des réfugiés ne permet - débats se sont succédés sans mis à la crise politique n’avaient taient pas la tenue d’élections relâche tout l’été, mais sans pu être atteints par les parlemen - dans le pays.
    [Show full text]
  • Theater and COVID
    AUGUST 15, 2020 MMirror-SpeirTHEror-SpeARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXXI, NO. 5, Issue 4647 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 IN BRIEF COVID Cases Continue Increasing in Armenia YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The num- ber of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 23 to reach 40,433 on Monday, August 10, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. Fresh figures also revealed that 96 more people have recovered, while five patients had died from Covid-19 in the previous 24 hours. A total of 176,354 tests have been performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said. So far, 32,616 people have recovered, 796 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 228 others carrying the virus have died from other causes. Catholicos Karekin II Offers Prayers for Beirut Tekeyan School and Lebanon ECHMIADZIN — On Sunday, August 9, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II led a solemn Center Suffer Great Damage hokehankisd service, to pray for the repose of vic- tims of the August 4 explosion in Beirut. mare. We did not understand what The requiem service followed the Divine Liturgy Need Our Help happened. Only now are some expla- celebrated before the outdoor altar of Holy nations emerging about the situation Echmiadzin’s King Drtad pavilion, where the By Aram Arkun and its causes. It took place yesterday catholicos delivered a eulogy for the fallen. Mirror-Spectator Staff at approximately 6 or 6:30 p.m. our “We ask the Lord to grant peace to the victims, Appeal for Lebanon and the time.
    [Show full text]
  • Iraqi Kurdistan VOTES CONTENTS
    VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4 AUGUST 2009 Iraqi Kurdistan VOTES CONTENTS Feature IRAQI KURDISTAN VOTES page 4 Chief Editor OIL IN KURDISTAN: Goran Sadjadi A black curse or new power? page 7 by Delovan Barwari REMEMBERANCE AND REBUILDING KUWAIT page 9 19 years after the invasion Editorial Board by Jeff Alan Natsumi Ajiki TURKEY AND THE PKK: EDGING Jeff Allan CLOSER TO PEACE OR ROAD page 14 MAP GOING NOWHERE? Editorial Manager by Thomas James Vahal A. Abdulrahman TURKEY: HOW THE KURDISH STRUGGLE IS PLAYING OUT Design Editor AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF page 16 Chira Bamarni HUMAN RIGHTS by Sayran Sulevani TESEV - RE-CONCEPTUALIZING INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT Copyright © Kurdish Herald IN TURKEY:“OBLIGATORY page 19 2009 MIGRATION” VS. “FORCED All Rights Reserved MIGRATION by Natsumi Ajiki Please subscribe to our publication at COMBATING FEMALE GENITAL www.kurdishherald.com MUTILATION IN IRAQI page 21 San Francisco, California KURDISTAN Boston, Massachusetts by Haje Keli London, UK IN MEMORY OF ARAM TIGRAN. page 23 You Will Be Missed by Jeff Allan and Mehmet Fidan LETTERS OF THE DIASPORA: WWW.KURDISHHERALD.COM Aspiring Kurdish Linguist, Dentz Ekici page 24 by Vahal A. Abdulrahman POETRY & ART: Voice of a Kurdish Girl page 25 Dengê Keça Kurd by Perwer Shushi Cover Photo Courtesy Vladimir wan Wilgenburg for Kurdish Herald FEATURE democracy. About 79% of all eligible voters turned out to vote on Election Day in Iraqi Kurdistan’s three provinces: Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. Faraj al-Haidari of the Iraqi Indepen- dent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) stated in a post-election press conference that these recent elections were the cleanest elections in the history of Iraq.
    [Show full text]
  • No. 11: Armenian-Turkish Relations
    No. 11 23 November 2009 Abkhazia South Ossetia caucasus Adjara analytical digest Nagorno- Karabakh www.jeffersoninst.org www.laender-analysen.de www.res.ethz.ch www.boell.ge ArmeniAn–Turkish relations ■ Armenia–Turkey Rapprochement: The Most Significant Positive Event in the Region Since 1994 (If It Happens) 2 By Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, Yerevan ■ The Turkish–Armenian Protocols: Implications for Azerbaijan 5 By Anar Valiyev, Baku ■ After Years of Silence, Turkey and Armenia Will Try to Come Up with a New Language of Understanding 8 By Karin Karakaslı, Istanbul ■ CHRONICLE From 21 October to 16 November 2009 12 Jefferson Research Centre for East Center for Security HEinRich Böll STifTung DGO European Studies, Bremen Institute Studies, ETH Zurich SouTH CauCaSuS caucasus analytical caucasus analytical digest 11/09 digest Armenia–Turkey Rapprochement: The Most Significant Positive Event in the Region Since 1994 (If It Happens) By Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, Yerevan Abstract The signing of the Armenian–Turkish Agreement on October 10, 2009, in Zurich could prove to be a mile- stone in the relations between the two neighboring states and a major factor impacting positively on the sta- bility of the entire Caucasus region. Yet the agreement needs to pass the difficult ratification test in the -par liaments of Armenia and Turkey, and domestic opposition groups and the large Armenian Diaspora have to play along. If indeed this agreement is to bring more stability to the Caucasus, then Azerbaijan also needs to be convinced that the Armenia–Turkey rapprochement is in its national interest as well. Yet this is unlikely to happen because of the unresolved Karabakh conflict, an issue which clearly needs to be tackled with utmost urgency, by Armenia and Azerbaijan primarily, but also by the regional actors including Russia, and the international community.
    [Show full text]
  • The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey
    The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From the PKK to the KCK Submitted by Seevan Saeed to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Middle East Politics in September 2014 This thesis is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University. Signature: ………………………………………………………….. ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the transformation of the Kurdish national struggle in Turkey from a political movement to a social movement. The Thesis will argue that the Kurdish national struggle during the Twentieth Century in Turkey was largely a failure, and that the emergence of the Unions of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) has been a direct and concrete response to this failure. The thesis will track how the KCK has transformed a one-dimensional political nationalist struggle into a multi- dimensional one, including politics, culture and society for the Kurds living in Turkey. The focus here will be on the period from March 2005, when the KCK was established, until July 2011 when the KCK announced its Democratic Autonomy project. In order to explain how and why the KCK has emerged, the Thesis takes an approach based on social movement theories to analyse the KCK as a social and cultural nationalist movement that deploys various approaches and techniques.
    [Show full text]
  • Theater and COVID
    AUGUST 15, 2020 MMirror-SpeirTHEror-SpeARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXXI, NO. 5, Issue 4647 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 IN BRIEF COVID Cases Continue Increasing in Armenia YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The num- ber of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia grew by 23 to reach 40,433 on Monday, August 10, according to information provided by the Health Ministry. Fresh figures also revealed that 96 more people have recovered, while five patients had died from Covid-19 in the previous 24 hours. A total of 176,354 tests have been performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said. So far, 32,616 people have recovered, 796 have died from the coronavirus in the country, while 228 others carrying the virus have died from other causes. Catholicos Karekin II Offers Prayers for Beirut Tekeyan School and Lebanon ECHMIADZIN — On Sunday, August 9, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II led a solemn Center Suffer Great Damage hokehankisd service, to pray for the repose of vic- tims of the August 4 explosion in Beirut. mare. We did not understand what The requiem service followed the Divine Liturgy Need Our Help happened. Only now are some expla- celebrated before the outdoor altar of Holy nations emerging about the situation Echmiadzin’s King Drtad pavilion, where the By Aram Arkun and its causes. It took place yesterday catholicos delivered a eulogy for the fallen. Mirror-Spectator Staff at approximately 6 or 6:30 p.m. our “We ask the Lord to grant peace to the victims, Appeal for Lebanon and the time.
    [Show full text]
  • The Music and Multiple Identities of Kurdish Alevis from Turkey in Germany
    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 2-2014 The Music and Multiple Identities of Kurdish Alevis from Turkey in Germany Ozan Aksoy Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/5 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] THE MUSIC AND MULTIPLE IDENTITIES OF KURDISH ALEVIS FROM TURKEY IN GERMANY by OZAN EMRAH AKSOY A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2014 © 2014 OZAN EMRAH AKSOY All Rights Reserved ii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Jonathan H. Shannon ____________________________________ _________ ____________________________________ Date Chair of the Examining Committee Norman Carey ____________________________________ _________ ___________________________________ Date Acting Executive Officer Stephen Blum ____________________________________ Jane Sugarman ____________________________________ Martin Stokes ____________________________________ Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii Abstract
    [Show full text]
  • Rediscovering Kurdistan's Cultures and Identities, Palgrave Studies In
    INDEX1 A Adani clan, 271, 277, 304, 305, 310, Abd el-Kadir al-Gilani, 278 315n74, 318n106 Abd Shams, 284, 296, 314n59 Adi, Abu Sa’d ‘Abd al-Karim Abdoka, Ano, 225, 229, 232, 235, al-Sam’ani, 261 250n46 Adi ibn Musafir, Sheikh, 75, 261–264, Abdul Hamid II, 265 272, 273, 276–279, 293–295, Abdulla, Qasang, 126 303, 304, 310, 316n80, 317n105 Abdulrahman, Kareem, 96n33 ADM, see Assyrian Democratic Abnaa al-Nahrain Party (ANP, The Movement Descendants of Mesopotamia), Aflakadian, Kavine, 204 218, 225, 230, 231 Afrin, 3, 26, 31, 174 Abraham, 304 Aghajan, Sarkis, 221, 225, 228, Abu Firas ‘Abd Allah ibn Shibl, 294 229, 232 Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, 316n88 Aghas, 161 Abu Sufyan, 284, 296, 304 Ahle Haqq, 12, 13, 31n1, 43, 74, 135 Academics for peace, 159 Ahmad, Kajal, 76, 79 ACE, see Assyrian Church of the East Ahmed, Osman, 131 Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP, Ahmadzadeh, Hashem, viii, 8, 37, 47, Justice and Development Party), 65, 95n29 18, 110, 158, 161 Aid to the Church in Need, 249n30 Adam, 74, 280, 281, 287–292, 302, Ain Sifni, 289 304, 305 Akito holiday, 236 1Note: Page numbers followed by ‘n’ refer to notes. © The Author(s) 2018 327 J. Bocheńska (ed.), Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities, Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93088-6 328 INDEX AKP, see Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi 229, 233, 241, 245, 248n14, (AKP, Justice and Development 261, 262, 264, 269, 282, 293, Party) 304, 305, 318n106 Alevi, 12, 13, 43, 135 Arab Spring, 25 Ali ibn Abi Talib, 284, 296 Arakelova, Victoria, 270,
    [Show full text]
  • Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context
    Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Withers, Jonathan Sanjeev. 2016. Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493329 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment, and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context A dissertation presented by Jonathan Sanjeev Withers to the Department of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Music Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts May 2016 © 2016 Jonathan Sanjeev Withers All rights reserved. Advisor: Richard K. Wolf Jonathan Sanjeev Withers Kurdish Music-Making in Istanbul: Music, Sentiment, and Ideology in a Changing Urban Context Abstract This thesis is an ethnographic study of Kurdish political music at three cultural centers in Istanbul, Turkey. Activists at these cultural centers engage in musical activities that perform the Kurdish nation in Istanbul, outside of the Kurdish homeland but home to a large Kurdish migrant community. By drawing on diverse musical sources, activist musicians create and perform music that promotes an ideological narrative of history and politics in which the Kurdish freedom struggle plays a central role.
    [Show full text]
  • Monitoring Work on Rights Violations Against Kurdish Artists Specific To
    ME DI DIL DA HEYE NAREK KU DISOJIT SEQERÊ MONITORING WORK ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST KURDISH ARTISTS SPECIFIC TO MUSICIANS AND STAGE ME DI DIL DA HEYE NAREK KU DISOJIT SEQERÊ* ACTORS MONITORING WORK ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST KURDISH ARTISTS SPECIFIC TO MUSICIANS AND STAGE ACTORS * A line by Mollah Ahmed al-Jazaary (d.1640) that literary means ‘At heart we bear an ardour that burns the hellfire’. PB 1 ME DI DIL DA HEYE NAREK KU DISOJIT SEQERÊ MONITORING WORK ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ME DI DIL DA HEYE NAREK KU DISOJIT SEQERÊ AGAINST MONITORING WORK ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS KURDISH AGAINST KURDISH ARTISTS SPECIFIC TO ARTISTS MUSICIANS AND STAGE ACTORS SPECIFIC TO İSMAİL BEŞİKCİ FOUNDATION MUSICIANS Kuloğlu Mah. İstiklal Cad. Ayhan Işık Sok. AND STAGE No: 21 – Beyoğlu / İstanbul TEL: 0 (212) 245 81 43 ACTORS Project Coordinator: Ayşe Tepe Doğan Interview and Transcription: Tofan Sünbül Media Scan: Mevlüt Oğuz Design: Şener Özmen TEMMUZ 2021 ismailbesikcivakfi ibesikcivakfi ismailbesikcivakfi www.youtube.com/user/ismailbesikcivakfi E-mail: [email protected] www.ismailbesikcivakfi.org https://kurttarihidergisi.com “This publication has been produced with the fi- nancial assistance of the European Union within the scope of Etkiniz EU Program. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of İsmail Beşikci Foundation (İBV) and can in no way be tak- en to reflect the views of the European Union” 2 ME DI DIL DA HEYE NAREK KU DISOJIT SEQERÊ MONITORING WORK ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST KURDISH ARTISTS SPECIFIC TO MUSICIANS AND
    [Show full text]