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Saturday, May 14, 2005

Turkey is changing Animal Names that are Kurdish or Armenian

Turkey started changing Ethnic names (particularly Kurdish) of the land (Kurdistan) and its cities and villages, mountains, valleys and rivers. Then, it started to change names of people. Lately, the Turkish state has started to change the name of animals in the Kurdistani region. Listen to this report from the Canadian national radio (BBC) for more details:
http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches/audio/050427_edwards.ram

posted by Mukryani @ 8:48 AM 5 comments

Monday, April 25, 2005

Dust

I reached for the bough of a tree,
It trembled in pain.
When I reached for the branch,
The trunk started to weep.
When I embraced the trunk,
The soil under my feet shuddered,
The rocks groaned.
Once I bent down and picked up a handful of dust,
In its entirety, Kurdistan screamed.

Sherko Bekes (Contemporary Kurdish Poet). Translated by JS

posted by Mukryani @ 7:51 PM 1 comments