PanARMENIAN.Net – People singing songs in Kurdish would have been arrested five years ago, the Diyarbak\u0131r state prosecutor told an audience Friday, June 3, adding that rational people do not stand against change, but instead encourage it.<\/p>\n
Durdu Kavak, the chief prosecutor of the southeastern province, attended a ceremony Friday that was organized by Dicle University and featured conservatory artists singing songs in Turkish, Kurdish, Zaza dialect and Armenian.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad I participated such a program in 2006, when I first came here, and had such a piece [in Kurdish] been sung, I would have immediately left the ceremony, and then detained and arrested everyone singing the song,\u201d Kavak said following the ceremony, adding that Diyarbak\u0131r has gone through many changes in general, Hurriyet Daily News reported citing Anatolia agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe song called \u2018Leyla\u2019 was especially beautiful. Leyla is the name of a girl I once fell in love with while in university,\u201d Kavak added.<\/p>\n
Diyarbak\u0131r Gov. Mustafa Topark and university rector Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Jale Sara\u00e7 were also present at the ceremony, which was organized for the university\u2019s Medicine Faculty being granted the \u201cISO 900\u201d certificate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey say the only unchangeable thing is change itself. Anyone who is rational does not stand [against] change, but rather encourages change. I thank you all for encouraging such a change,\u201d Kavak said in his speech.<\/p>\n
via People singing Kurdish, Armenian songs not arrested in Turkey any more – PanARMENIAN.Net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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