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The differences in culture - Turkish/Kurdish
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17 Jun 2010 Thu 09:30 pm |
Interesting article I found today. It is about Kurds in Iraq who practice female genital mutilation (is this common in Turkey?). In my opinion, it lends support to the idea that some Kurds live by very primative value systems. I am in no way saying that this happens with all Kurds, but I think it says something about their culture...at least a percentage of them. The fact that it is thought of as "not a big issue" by government officials is very disturbing to me.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/middleeast/17kurd.html
Edited (6/17/2010) by Elisabeth
Edited (6/17/2010) by Elisabeth
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17 Jun 2010 Thu 10:28 pm |
As far as I know (correct me if I´m wrong) FGM is not a problem in Turkey. It is also not something that is linked with Kurdish culture. It originated in African regions, and is observed amongst different religions and cultural backgrounds. By the way, the article hasnt quoted the report correctly. For example, it says that they found 40% of FGM amongst girls in the Kurdistan region. The 40% was actually from one district from Kurdistan, based on a survey amongst about 500 girls. Some research in another district of Iraq, one that does not fall entirely within Kurdistan, only with a small part of the edges of this territory, showed higher rates of FGM.
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17 Jun 2010 Thu 10:35 pm |
As far as I know (correct me if I´m wrong) FGM is not a problem in Turkey. It is also not something that is linked with Kurdish culture. It originated in African regions, and is observed amongst different religions and cultural backgrounds. By the way, the article hasnt quoted the report correctly. For example, it says that they found 40% of FGM amongst girls in the Kurdistan region. The 40% was actually from one district from Kurdistan, based on a survey amongst about 500 girls. Some research in another district of Iraq, one that does not fall entirely within Kurdistan, only with a small part of the edges of this territory, showed higher rates of FGM.
Aside from the misquote...I just find it hard to imagine a government official saying, "we have more important issues." If the mutilation of young women (anywhere in the world) isn´t important enough...what is?
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