Kurdish Institute of Istanbul
{{short description|Former Institute in Turkey}}
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Kurdish Institute of Istanbul ({{langx|ku|Enstîtuya Kurdî Ya Stenbolê}}, {{langx|tr|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, Feqî Huseyîn Sagniç,{{Cite web|title=28 years in the service of the Kurdish language|url=https://anfenglish.com/culture/28-years-in-the-service-of-the-kurdish-language-43116|access-date=2020-10-16|website=ANF News|language=en}} Abdurrahman Dürre, İbrahim Gürbüz and Süleyman İmamoğlu 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.{{Cite web|title=Turkey shutters Kurdish language institute|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/culture/74f1926e-6864-46c0-b2bf-c00d10f6a5f7/turkey-shutters-kurdish-language-institute|last=|first=|date=|website=Kurdistan24|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-01}} The institute held courses in the languages Zazaki, Kurmanji and Sorani, 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 Zana Farqînî in 2004.[http://www.enstituyakurdi.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=46] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102010355/http://www.enstituyakurdi.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=46 |date=January 2, 2009 }} The institute has also re-published many of the classical works in Kurdish literature, including the works of Faqi Tayran.[http://www.enstituyakurdi.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102010340/http://www.enstituyakurdi.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45 |date=January 2, 2009 }}
Closures
The institute was first raided and shut down on 15 November 1992, shortly after its opening.{{cite book|author1=Lois Whitman|author2=Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.)|title=The Kurds of Turkey: Killings, Disappearances and Torture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pyz9fz6il38C&pg=PA4|year=1993|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-096-4|pages=4–}}
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).[http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/culture/74f1926e-6864-46c0-b2bf-c00d10f6a5f7/turkey-shutters-kurdish-language-institute Turkey shutters Kurdish language institute][http://anfenglish.com/culture/kurdish-institute-of-istanbul-closed-down-and-sealed Kurdish Institute of Istanbul closed down and sealed]
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821103028/http://www.enstituyakurdi-stenbol.com/ Kurdish Institute of Istanbul]
Category:Kurdish organisations
Category:Organizations based in Istanbul
Category:Turkish Kurdish people
Category:Organizations established in 1992
Category:Organizations disestablished in 2016