Kurdish guide from AK Party women’ branch

The text also has some basic expressions in Kurdish, such as “Çawayi,” meaning “How are you.” This was the first time I had seen such a practice in Turkey. It reminded me of something an old friend once said to me: “Why didn’t we learn Kurdish in the first place? If we had learned Kurdish even a little bit, or we had had 20 percent of Kurdish words in the Turkish language, then we would solve this [Kurdish] issue more easily.” At a time when education in a person’s mother tongue is still being discussed, and when the government does not take a greater step than an “elective Kurdish language course,” some women in the Southeast have made a historic move. It deserves appreciation.