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For example, at the beginning, the request for "Education in
Native Language" was not among the targets of the strike; it
was obvious that the ones who planned for it had forgotten to
add that slogan to the list of demands.

But, why?

Forgetting is the activity in the brain to clear away unnecessary
things. They forgot because the PKK… never had any issues for
"Education in Native Language". On the contrary, any new
step made by the government to improve the Kurdish language
and culture, such as the launch of the TRT-6 broadcasts along
with Kurdish being included amongst elected courses in school
curricula, drew a reaction on their side and they did everything

to frustrate these steps. They even threatened the Kurdish girl
Rojin because she was working for TRT-6. They are essentially
so distant to the Kurdish culture that they even do not speak
Kurdish in their daily dealings. That was why they did not
remember adding the "Education in Native Language" item to
the list of demands, because they had no such purpose. Why
they annexed it later on was to receive the support of Kurdish
people to this so-called protest and conceal the real purpose of
the protest. 121

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