Please keep up the discussion in a polite manner presenting each other with sound arguments derived upon facts with no emotional attributes attached to it.
Well, i didn't miss it but i chosed not to answer it. Because i can keep blabber the same thing over and over again, such as you are hanging people from cranes just because of their thoughts, in front of children. Yet you are talking about how the Iranian constitution supposedly the most 'advanced' one in the region like it makes some difference. Just for your information, there are many Kurdish names and surnames being used by both Kurds and Turks commonly. The most common one is: Baran.
The reason why I repeated my question; whether Turkish constitution recognizes none Turkish ethnic groups cultural and linguistic rights, is not about me wanting to blabber. It is quite relevant to the core of our discussion here. A constitution consists of fundamental principles according to which a state is governed. The executive branch of the state, namely the government, are to regulate and manage interactions within the society and amongst its citizens in accordance to the definitions of the constitution. Does the Turkish constitution recognize minorities and their languages and cultural rights? The Turkish constitution refers to all the inhabitants of Turkey as turks. Kurds and others are not recognized. That is not the case in Iran’s constitution.
“From the 1994 briefing at the International Human Rights Law Group: "the problem in Turkey is the Constitution is against the Kurds and the apartheid constitution is very similar to it."
“New Mexico Highlands University claims "The Kurdish deprivation of their own culture, language, and tradition is incompatible with democratic norms. It reflects an apartheid system that victimizes minorities like Armenians, Kurds, and Shii Muslems [Shiite Muslims].”
See references point 36 & 38.
Kurds in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Based upon this, one can argue that when it comes down to the question of minority rights, Iranian constitution is more advanced that Turkey´s.
In response to your remark about hanging people from cranes its good for you to know that capital punishment in Iran is enforced for crimes related to murder, rape, adultery, pedophilia, sodomy, drug trafficking, armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism, and treason. The question whether capital punishment is humane or not is another discussion which is not relevant to this thread.
So does being able to chose what to wear without fear of religion police.
Although Iran is an Islamic Republic with Sharia as fundamental part of its constitution, I agree with you. This is very important and Iran should learn from Turkey and reform itself.
We are focussing on much more serious problems than names and surnames, such as teaching Kurdish, saving Kurds from the influence of PKK, education, unemployment, etc... I assure you, you wouldn't want me to count the abuse of human righst in Iran one by one. So try to use it as a general term instead of focusing on a single 'abuse' and make a useless point over it.
While considering the sheer number of Kurds being accounted as a minority in Turkey I think it is a massive issue. With a population of around 12-25 million, depending on source references, its not a iny miny mainy moe problem. On the other hand Iran is not a democratic or overall human right champion either. I am not claiming that. On the issue of ethnical human rights, Iran is better positioned.
It is not a very wise decision to talk how Iran is the beacon of tolarance and the shining castle of human rights while refusing the identity of Azeri Turks in Iran. Btw, being a Turk doesn't contradicting with being an Iranian.
Now it seems that you are back in square one. Refusing the identity of Iranian Azeris? You are missinformed. Iran is a nation consisting of different ethnic groups being united in majority by Persian cultural association and practices woven together with Islamic Shiism. The leaders of Iran have always been from different parts and ethnic groups of the nation. It has been so during hundreds of years back in time, even before the advent of Islam though then Iranians were Zoroastrians beliving in One God. Neither you, me, nor Israel & company can change anything about the past or where Iran is moving into the future.
