प्राथमिक विद्यालय में, हर दिन और खासकर शुक्रवार को, मुझे यह कहना होता था, 'मैं तुर्क हूँ, और मैं नेकी और मेहनत से जीने वाला हूँ,' लेकिन इन सब बातों से असल में हम तुर्क नहीं बन जाते थे। यह व्यवस्था जाने-अनजाने फर्जी व्यक्तित्व तैयार कर रही है
In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.
In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.
अगर कोई सालों-साल आपका अस्तित्व मिटाने की कोशिश करे, आपकी भाषा पर पाबंदी लगा दी जाए, आपके शहर का नाम बदल दिया जाए, तो आप विद्रोह के अलावा और क्या करेंगे
If someone tried to assimilate you for years, if your language was forbidden, if the names of your hometown were changed, what would do you but revolt.
If someone tried to assimilate you for years, if your language was forbidden, if the names of your hometown were changed, what would do you but revolt.
मैं मुकदमों, सरकार के रवैये, न्यायपालिका, मीडिया के रुख और तुर्की के उस बहुसंख्यक वर्ग से पूरी तरह तंग आ चुका हूँ जो कुर्दिश लोगों के न्यायसंगत संघर्ष को राष्ट्रवाद के चश्मे से देखता है
I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.
I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.
मैंने अपनी पूरी जिंदगी हिंसा और हिंसा के उपकरणों से दूरी बनाए रखी है, और बदलाव लाने के एकमात्र साधन के रूप में हमेशा एक कानूनी और लोकतांत्रिक संघर्ष को ही देखा है
All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
मैं आज एक ऐसे दोराहे पर हूँ; मैं हमेशा से सशस्त्र विरोध के खिलाफ रहा हूँ... मैंने सविनय अवज्ञा का रास्ता चुना है। लेकिन अगर जेलों से अर्थियां निकलीं, तो मैं अपने लोगों से माफी मांगूँगा। मैं खुद की आलोचना करूँगा और दियारबाकिर का मेयर नहीं रहूँगा
I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.
I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.
तुर्की में, हमने वह लगभग सब कुछ झेला है जो झेला जा सकता था; युद्ध और प्रताड़ना... युद्ध की अवधारणा को उसकी आखिरी हद तक घिसा जा चुका है। लेकिन केवल एक ही रास्ता है जिसे हमने नहीं आजमाया है: बातचीत, शांति और संवाद
In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.
In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.