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Has KAL contacted KRG about its Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet proposal?<\/h2>\n
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Mon, 02\/06\/2008 – 16:56 \u2014 Admin<\/span><\/p>\n
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This question has been put forward on many occasions. KAL finds it necessary to provide a public overview of its activities in calling for cooperation and collaboration as well as supplying information on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet. This will give an opportunity to the callers to judge for themselves whether KAL has actively followed its code of conduct. Although the information and proposal of this project has been available on Internet since late 1993 but KAL has approached related people and institutes on any opportunities. The directing officer of KAL, Dr.\u00a0Dilan Roshani<\/a>\u00a0(henceforth DR) has contacted most every Kurdish administration, linguistic personalities and institutes since 1995. Within his approach he has described the historical and social necessity of the proposal and has called for a Kurdish nationwide conference on language issues.<\/p>\n

We contacted ministry of Culture \u201cWizaret\u00ed Roshinb\u00edr\u00ed\u201d of the local government in Sil\u00e9man\u00ed and the\u00a0Kurdistan Parliament<\/a>\u00a0in Hewl\u00e9r in 1999. We never received any reply from Sil\u00e9man\u00ed but the Kurdistan parliament replied and suggesting \u201cWe shall wait until the Kurdistan\u2019s Academy has become active again\u201d.<\/p>\n

After fall of Saddam in 2003 and unification of the Kurdish administrations we found it necessary to discuss the issue with the first legitimate and unified government of Iraqi Kurdistan, namely\u00a0KRG<\/a>. On behalf of KAL DR wrote a letter to his Excellency Nichirvan Barzani in 2006 explaining the role of KAL and its proposal whilst calling for a conference. The original copy of this letter both in English and Kurdish is attached to this page at the bottom. However after mediation from many channels an indirect response from Dr Fouad Hussain the head of KRG office was received. The response directed KAL to newly established Kurdistan\u2019s Academy in Hewl\u00e9r.<\/p>\n

KAL approached the unified ministry of Culture \u201cWizarey Roshinb\u00edr\u00ed\u201d in Hewl\u00e9r in Oct 2006. Dr Roshani arranged for a meeting for Oct 12th 2006 at 2pm with the minister for Culture Mr Falak Al-Din Kakayi. The meeting was arranged prior to his visit to Kurdistan for series of seminars. Unfortunately the minister had to go for urgent governmental meeting minutes prior to the meeting consequently the meeting was cancelled.<\/p>\n

At a seminar for ministries of Education and Higher Education in Nottingham\/UK in Jan 2007, Dr Roshani personally handed a letter with same content as attached letter to this page below to\u00a0Dr Dilshad Abdul Rahman<\/a>\u00a0the minister of Education. DR kindly requested that Dr Abdul Rahman to contact KAL after he has reviewed the letter. There has been no contact from the ministry to this date (01\/06\/2008).<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, DR approached the Academy directly on April 2007. He provided 2 hours seminar for seven senior members of the Academy including Dr Mukriyani the head of the Academy. The respond was far from expectation. There were no signs of constructive discussions on the topic but how limited their sources are to work on new ideas. DR was tested for his linguistic capability by one of the senior member on how he would write the words ( \u0628\u0631\u0627\u0648 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632\u0627 ) in any Latin based alphabet. DR responded that they cannot be treated as one word in Latin based alphabet. The idea is to introduce a unified alphabet as well as spelling reform so the word would be \u201cbira u biraza\u201d. KAL would like to thank Mr\u00a0Mihemed Heme Baq\u00ed<\/span>\u00a0officially for his warm approach and donating 10 of his published books to KAL.<\/p>\n

KAL\u2019s attempts to inform public and concerned bodies have not been limited to governmental instructions. KAL\u2019s networks of volunteers\u2019 member have constantly been promoting the proposal of Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet. The following list is the record of some of these public domain sessions.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet\u00a0KSMA seminar<\/a>\u00a0in London 28 Oct 2001<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet on\u00a0Me TV<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRoj Bash Kurdistan\u201d, 13 Nov 2001<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on\u00a0KURDISTANICA<\/a>\u00a0and Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet\u00a0KSMA seminar<\/a>\u00a0day in London 26 Jan 2002<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0\u00a0 Debate on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet\u00a0Roj TV<\/a>\u00a020 Jan 2005<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet at the Sil\u00e9man\u00ed University 21 Aug 2005<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet at Khaneqin Cultural Centre 28 Aug 2005 in Khanaqin\/Kurdistan<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0\u00a0 Presentation at\u00a0Kurdish Cultural Heritage centre<\/a>\u00a0Aug 2005 in Sil\u00e9man\u00ed\/Kurdistan<\/li>\n
  8. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on “Kurdish Language and IT” on\u00a0Roj TV<\/a>\u00a0on 16 Sep 2006<\/li>\n
  9. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet at the\u00a0Dohuk University<\/a>\u00a0on 8 Oct 2006 in Dohuk\/Kurdistan<\/li>\n
  10. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet at the\u00a0Koya University<\/a>\u00a0on 11 Oct 2006<\/li>\n
  11. \u00a0\u00a0 Debate on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet on\u00a0Zagros TV<\/a>\u00a0on April 2007<\/li>\n
  12. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet on\u00a0Newroz Sat TV<\/a>\u00a0 on 05 Mar 2008<\/li>\n
  13. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet on\u00a0Tishk TV<\/a>\u00a0on 30 Apr 2008<\/li>\n
  14. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on Kurdish language and Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet on\u00a0Newroz Sat TV<\/a>\u00a0 on 28 Feb 2009<\/li>\n
  15. \u00a0\u00a0 Seminar on “The Kurdish Language Matters to Kurdistan!” at the\u00a0Runak\u00ed Festival<\/a>\u00a0in London\/UK on 14 Mar 2009<\/li>\n
  16. \u00a0\u00a0 Program on Kurdish Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet for South Kurdish on\u00a0Newroz Sat TV<\/a>\u00a0 on 18 April 2009<\/li>\n
  17. \u00a0Seminar on “New perspective on Kurdish Language” organised by\u00a0KSAF-U\/Uppsala\/Sweden<\/a>\u00a0on 03 Oct 2009<\/li>\n
  18. Seminar on “New perspective on Kurdish Language” organised by\u00a0KSAF-U\/Stockholm\/Sweden<\/a>\u00a0on 04 Oct 2009<\/li>\n
  19. Program on Nation-Sate and Language planning on\u00a0Newroz Sat TV<\/a>\u00a0 on 30 Jan 2010<\/li>\n
  20. Program on the Status of Kurdish Language in South East of Kurdistan on\u00a0Newroz Sat TV<\/a>\u00a0 on 24 Feb 2010<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Furthermore KAL would like to express the gratitude to those who have shown an interest in the project and afforded time to listen to the concept of Yekgirt\u00fa Alphabet. KAL also has provided information in this regard in one-to-one communication to personalities such as,<\/p>\n