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UNESCO and The International Day of Mother Language - Pen-Kurd

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General Pierre Rondot said "Nevertheless, France, has even done<br />

something for the <strong>Kurd</strong>s" It is true France has split with the Sykes Picot Treaty<br />

<strong>Kurd</strong>istan sharing with English imperialism. France has forced the deportation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Kurd</strong>ish intellectuals were sent to exile in Madagascar, it has <strong>of</strong>ficially<br />

banned the practice <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kurd</strong>ish language. According to Rondot said "<strong>The</strong><br />

English have played the map Arabic. <strong>The</strong>y have not addressed the <strong>Kurd</strong>istan<br />

until the Armistice <strong>and</strong> therefore they have not had the opportunity to play the<br />

<strong>Kurd</strong>ish card. According to Rondot, "the English that can be said to have made<br />

sacrifices for the <strong>Kurd</strong>s if they had been able to do themselves <strong>and</strong> help<br />

themselves, the English did not hesitate to ab<strong>and</strong>on the <strong>Kurd</strong>s" . But French<br />

imperialism has not only divided <strong>and</strong> colonized <strong>Kurd</strong>istan, but they bombed <strong>and</strong><br />

massacred before the eyes <strong>of</strong> the French. <strong>The</strong> analysis <strong>of</strong> Mr Rondot is not clear<br />

on the colonial English <strong>and</strong> French, but he expressed his sympathy for the<br />

<strong>Kurd</strong>ish people, it was wrong to be pessimistic for the future <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kurd</strong>istan.<br />

In 1939 Pierre Rondot said, "Shortly after the formation <strong>of</strong> the Syrian<br />

state under French m<strong>and</strong>ate (1920-46), the <strong>Kurd</strong>s dem<strong>and</strong>ed autonomy within<br />

the borders <strong>of</strong> the country. A petition to the Constituent Assembly <strong>of</strong> Syria on<br />

23 June, 1928 included the following dem<strong>and</strong>s: 1. <strong>The</strong> use <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kurd</strong>ish<br />

language in the <strong>Kurd</strong>ish regions, in conjunction with other <strong>of</strong>ficial languages, 2.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Kurd</strong>ish language education in these regions; 3. Replacement <strong>of</strong><br />

government employees in these regions by the <strong>Kurd</strong>s.<br />

"<strong>The</strong> m<strong>and</strong>ate authorities did not support self-management in this part <strong>of</strong><br />

Syria. One reason was Turkish <strong>and</strong> Iraqi intolerance an autonomous <strong>Kurd</strong>ish<br />

territory on their border (ibid., p. 106). According to an <strong>of</strong>ficial m<strong>and</strong>ate,<br />

Rondot, the use <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kurd</strong>ish language was free without being <strong>of</strong>ficial in the<br />

region. However, the lack <strong>of</strong> school materials in the language <strong>and</strong> the lack <strong>of</strong><br />

dem<strong>and</strong> has been the organization <strong>of</strong> education difficult. "<br />

Speaking <strong>of</strong> General Rondot, Jordi Tejel Gorgas, said that the <strong>Kurd</strong>s is not a<br />

nation <strong>of</strong> 40 million souls. Mr Jordi is wrong to say that "the creation <strong>of</strong> a<br />

<strong>Kurd</strong>ish state is therefore not an absolute priority <strong>Kurd</strong>ish elites in the early<br />

1920s. From this point <strong>of</strong> view, the revolt Kocgiri in 1921 is an exception "He<br />

denies the proclamation <strong>of</strong> independent <strong>Kurd</strong>istan Government. He added "<strong>The</strong><br />

rebels captured the town <strong>of</strong> the city <strong>of</strong> Umraniye on 7 March <strong>and</strong> hoist the flag<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Kurd</strong>istan in the square centrale.En reaction, Ankara promulgate martial law<br />

in the region. <strong>The</strong> decision to temper the enthusiasm for autonomy: the<br />

independence <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kurd</strong>istan is left aside in exchange for a vilayet autonomous<br />

only in the cazas <strong>of</strong> Koçcgiri "That is false. First, this approach to M <strong>and</strong> Jordi<br />

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