Boradcasting Turk's speech in Kurdish

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Heroes or role models are selfless and peaceful people who courageously do something extraordinary and noble to make a point and help other human beings. It is no surprise that millions of people regard Jesus Nazareth, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, etc. as their heroes. Although none of those people might be flawless, the impact of their action to help others with peaceful means raised them to the status of a hero.

One of the flaws of Mr. Ahmed Turk might be his lack of courage to change his name so it reflects his own identity. Despite this simple flaw, the honorable parliamentarian Mr. Turk raised his status to hero on February 25th, 2008 when he spoke in his own language in the Turkish parliament to commemorate International Mother Tongue Day. Since TRT, an allegedly Kurdish TV station in Turkey, stopped broadcasting the speech, many missed the opportunity to hear Mr. Turks argument on TV.

If you consider Mr. Turks action heroic, please sign the following petition so it can be sent to a TV station that is willing to broadcast his speech in Kurdish.

189 Signatures

  • HIwa Nezhadian
    • Comments
    • I also wish he would change his name, maybe to Ahmed Kurd or anything else that reflects his ideas and what he really is. But on the other hand, he lives in Turkey, where democracy and respect for human being does not make sense, so understand Mr. Ahmed has limitations.
  • Azad Moradian
  • Hans Branscheidt
  • Roni Alasor, journalist-writer-Norway
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    • We belived to speak Kurdish was guaranted by Turkish law after Mr. Erdogan was also speaking few words :-)
  • Kariane Westrheim, Chair EUTCC & Associate Professor University of Bergen
  • Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
    • Comments
    • Turkey is working against its own interest; linguistic human rights PREVENT ("ethnic") conflict whereas violating these rights breed conflic!
  • heja kestay
    • Comments
    • mr turk is celeberating his mother tongue
  • Kamaran Lhoni
    • Comments
    • The future belongs to us
  • Ali Shakir
    • Comments
    • He is an hero!
  • Karwan Sabir
  • ELIASSI
  • Adem Uzun
    • Comments
    • i am agree with it
  • ricardo gustavo espeja
  • MOHSEN SHASWARI
    • Comments
    • He is really a hero and I support you in asking him changing his name!
  • Wafa M Abdullah
    • Comments
    • He should change his name!
  • Rozhat Shaswari
    • Comments
    • Please change your name!
  • David A. Hough
    • Comments
    • speaking in one's one language is a linguistic human right.
  • Ajit Mohanty
  • Ronny Awat
  • roashan
    • Comments
    • i think his speech in kurdish language not only is heroic but also shakes the main structure of the erdogan s cabinet.
  • Hemin Mahmoud Osman
  • Abd el-halim
    • Comments
    • Don' wory Ahmadf
  • Berfo Sar
  • S. Nader
    • Comments
    • keep up the good work
  • L Barwari
  • Maurice Merlin
  • Rodin Rojhilat
    • Comments
    • Computer Enginner USA
  • Kameran Botani
    • Comments
    • we need to fight for our freedom
  • Katarzyna Kolanska
  • andrea bear nicholas
  • k. kamal
  • najmaldin karim
  • Cankurd
    • Comments
    • Mr. Ahmed Turk is our Hero in North Kurdistan..He has to change his name now to Ahmed Kurd.
  • zafer
  • Pirkko Leporanta-Morley
    • Comments
    • Every person must have a rigt to express his ideas and thougts in her own mothertongue.
  • Chiya Miksi
    • Comments
    • Baning one's mother tounge is a crime against humanity and is a cultural genecodie.
  • Azad
    • Comments
    • Mr Turk was caragiou. his spech should be broadcast on Kurdish TV stations
  • Freshta Raper
    • Comments
    • well done
  • Dr. Gisela Penteker
  • David Jalil Zare
    • Comments
    • The passage with changing name has to be taken out, it is only mr. Turks bisness
  • Robert Phillipson
  • Mohsen Bergane
    • Comments
    • Bji Kurd u Kurdistan
  • jemes bond
    • Comments
    • I think turksh and arabe people are not Human becuse I would Recpect dogs more than arabe and turksh
  • Hasan Dohogu
    • Comments
    • Kurdistan.fi
  • Rizgar Khoshnaw
    • Comments
    • Great,
  • Suleen Maii
  • Viyan Maii
  • sherko
    • Comments
    • Stop Turkish Racism In Turky
  • Ari Rasul
    • Comments
    • I believe what Mr Turk done was very brave and patriotic.
  • Filiz
    • Comments
    • It is our most basic human right to express ourselves in our mother tongue. It is one of the fundamental right. With their action, Turkish state, with their action not allowing Ahmet Turk express himself in his own language proves that they are not geniunly interested in finding a solution to Kurdish question.