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Public-interest campaign

Teach the mother tongue

More trained teachers and shared materials for weekend and community schools in Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani.

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Status
Proposed
Milestones
1 of 3
Countries
All
Decision
D10

01Why it matters

Kurdish weekend schools depend on volunteers. Many teach alone, with no shared curriculum, no training and few books in their dialect.

02What we ask

  1. 1

    Teach or assist at a Kurdish school near you.

  2. 2

    Take the teacher training course.

  3. 3

    Put your school’s materials under an open licence so other schools can use them.

03Milestones

  1. Teacher training course outlinedDone
  2. First teacher cohortPlanned
  3. Shared library of teaching materialsPlanned

04Where

Every country programme.

05Learn

  • Kurmanji · Foundations

    Kurmanji A1 (Latin)

    First steps in spoken and written Kurmanji, using the Latin alphabet.

    Wave 1 · 40 h Outline drafted

  • Sorani · Foundations

    Sorani A1

    First steps in spoken and written Sorani, using the Arabic-based Kurdish script.

    Wave 1 · 40 h Outline drafted

  • Heritage language education · Practitioner

    Kurdish teacher training

    Teaching Kurdish to children and adults in community and weekend schools.

    Wave 1 · 30 h Outline drafted

06Rules this campaign keeps

  • Non-partisan. KCO does not campaign for or against any party, candidate, faction or armed actor.
  • No fundraising. Campaigns never collect or route money.
  • No pressure. Nobody is told how to vote, answer or believe.
  • Lawful everywhere. Every action is legal where it takes place.
  • Safe by design. No lists of supporters are published. You choose what you share.
  • Evidence first. Every claim carries its source and label.
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Teach the mother tongue. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/teach-the-mother-tongue/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Teach the Mother Tongue.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/teach-the-mother-tongue/.

BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_civic_campaigns_teach_the_mother_tongue,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Teach the mother tongue},
	url = {https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/teach-the-mother-tongue/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/teach-the-mother-tongue/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. The Impact of Learning Kurdish ‘Mother-Tongue’ in London on Mainstream Education

    Sheelan Shakir Kadir · 2021 · UKH Journal of Social Sciences

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND

  2. The Opinions of Primary School, Turkish Language and Social Science Teachers regarding Education in the Mother Tongue (Kurdish)

    Yeliz Kaya · 2015 · Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies

    ArticleOpenAlexOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  3. Struggling against Language Shift: Kurdish Language Education in Turkey

    Anu Leinonen · 2025 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  4. How to Kill A Mother Tongue? The Kurdish Linguicide Attempt in Turkey

    Salih Akin · 2025 · Springer eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossref

  5. Let Me Read You a Story in Your Mother Tongue! Kids Story Reader in Sorani Kurdish (Central Kurdish)

    Bala Farhad, Hossein Hassani · 2024 · Qeios Ltd

    PreprintCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  6. KURDISH MOTHER TONGUE EDUCATION POLICY OF PKK TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

    Ertan EROL · 2017 · Journal of International Social Research

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIREOpen access

  7. The Educational Language Rights of Kurdish Children in Turkey, Denmark, and Kurdistan (Iraq)

    2009 · Handbook of Social Justice in Education

    ChapterCrossref

  8. Minority language rights in education: the Kurdish language issue in Turkey’s educational system in the light of EU-accession perspectives

    Valerie Van Goethem · 2003 · My University

    OtherDataCite

  9. Perceptions on Mother Tongue (Kurdish) Based Multicultural and Bilingual Education in Turkey

    Hasan Aydin, Burhan Ozfidan · 2014 · Multicultural Education Review

    ArticleCrossref

  10. Kurdish language and multicultural education in Turkey

    Karol Kaczorowski · 2016 · Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)

    ChapterOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa

  11. Vahap Coşkun, M. şerif Derince, and Nesrin Uçarlar: Scar of Tongue: Consequences of the Ban on the Use of Mother Tongue in Education and Experiences of Kurdish Students in Turkey

    Bahar Otcu · 2012 · Language Policy

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  12. The Impact of Lack of Mother Tongue – Based Schooling on Kurds in Turkey

    Ceto Ozel · 2016 · School for International Training Digital Collections (School for International Training)

    ArticleOpenAlex

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