Kurdish Institute of Istanbul
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Kurdish Institute of Istanbul (Kurdish: Enstîtuya Kurdî Ya Stenbolê, Turkish: İstanbul Kürt Enstitüsü), founded in 1992, was an organization focusing on Kurdish literature, language and culture. Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals such as Musa Anter, Yaşar Kaya, İsmail Beşikçi, Cemşid Bender, ,[1] , and were among the founding members.
The institute's main research activities were in the fields of linguistics, folklore and history. It published a research journal titled Zend.[2] The institute held courses in the languages Zazaki, Kurmanji and Sorani, [2]and provided certificates of translation into/from Kurdish.
It has published a Kurdish-Turkish dictionary (Büyük Türkçe-Kürtçe sözlük / Ferhanga Mezın Tırkî Kurdî and Büyük Kürtçe-Türkçe Sözlük / Ferhanga Mazın Kurdî Turkî) prepared by in 2004.[3] The institute has also re-published many of the classical works in Kurdish literature, including the works of Faqi Tayran.[4]
Closures[]
The institute was first raided and shut down on 15 November 1992, shortly after its opening.[5]
The institute was again closed down and sealed on the morning of 31 December 2016, per a declaration issued under Article 11 of the Turkish State of Emergency (OHAL).[6][7]
References[]
- ^ "28 years in the service of the Kurdish language". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ a b "Turkey shutters Kurdish language institute". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ [1] Archived January 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived January 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lois Whitman; Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993). The Kurds of Turkey: Killings, Disappearances and Torture. Human Rights Watch. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-1-56432-096-4.
- ^ Turkey shutters Kurdish language institute
- ^ Kurdish Institute of Istanbul closed down and sealed
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- Kurdish culture
- Kurdish organisations
- Organizations based in Istanbul
- Turkish Kurdish people
- Organizations established in 1992
- Organizations disestablished in 2016
- 1992 establishments in Turkey
- 2016 disestablishments in Turkey