Because of Henry´ thread about Corba, I went to Sevan Nisanyan´s dictionary and then I discovered, in his daily column he is explaining the root of the word ´assimilation´ today..
Asimilasyon aslinda hiç kötü bir sey degil. Latince similis benzer, ad-similare benzestirmek. Yerel ve asiretsel olani asip daha genel hatta evrensel bir kültür potasinda harman olmak bana prensip olarak yanlis gelmiyor. Insanin ufku gelisir, görgüsü artar. Uyduruk köy dedikodulariyla vakit öldürecegine en azindan metropol dedikodulariyla hasir nesir olursun, daha havali takilirsin. Ingilizcen varsa Zimbabwe’deki adamla çet yaparsin, Italya’dan sevgili bulursun. Al sana asimilasyon. Fena mi?
TC rejiminin asimilasyon politikasinda rahatsiz edici olan sey baska. Bunlar politik anlamda çok sofistike olmadiklari için, asimile etmek istedigi vatandasa direktman hakaret ediyor. Senin kültürün yok (çünkü ben yok sayiyorum), dilin yok (çünkü ben bilmiyorum), tarihin yok (okulda ögretmediler), sen hayvansin, gel devletinin sefkat kucagina otur; üç kusak boyu ariza çikarmaz, itaat edersen seni belki kabul ederiz diyor. E bazi insanlar büsbütün onursuz degil. Bu sartlarda asimile edilmeyi kabu
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Benim enisteler, “Vatandas Türkçe konus” terörünün estirildigi bir devirde evde tek kelime Türkçe konusmayi yasak etmislerdi. 1983’te kalkip Kanada’ya göçtüler. Aradan bir yil geçmedi, çocuklar evde sadece Ingilizce konusmaya basladilar. Demek ki neymis? Asil dertleri asimilasyon degilmis, asimile etmeye yeltenenlerin saygisizligi imis.
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Translation:
In fact, by definition assimilation is not a bad thing. It is a Latin word ´similis´, it means make similar. According to me, going beyond the local and feudal things and mixing in a global cultural melting pot, is not a bad thing in principal. It makes people´s horizon larger, your manner is increased. At least, instead of spending time with the village gossips, you spend your time with city gossips. If you know English, you chat with a Zimbabwean or can find an Italian lover..That is assimilati
on..Is it that bad?
But the annoyance from Turkey´s assimilation policies is different.. Because these people are not that sophisticated, they insult the citizens of this country directly when they want to assimilate..They say : You dont have a culture (cause I consider it as non existent), you have no language (cause I dont know it), you dont have a history (cause they did not teach in schools), you are an animal, so come and sit on the tender lap of the republic; if you dont create problem for 3 generations, if you comply, may be we will accept you. Of course, not all these people are completely out of honor. They are not accepting to be assimilated under these conditions. Then what is happening? here comes terrorist, separatist, racist blah blah ..
My uncles, during the time of ´citizens, speak Turkish´ terror, banned to utter a single Turkish word in their home. They immigrated to Canada in 1983. Not a year passed, the kids started to talk only English in their house..
So what is the moral of the story? Their problem was not the assimilation, their problem was the rudeness of the people who tried to assimilate them..
Addition: I was reading an article about Nisanyan and I discovered that he was put in jail with Ali Nesin (son of Aziz Nesin) during his military duty..And I was inthe army and in the same place where Ali Nesin was..phew..
) he plays his role in the team brilliantly !!!!!!!!!!!! we should value and appreciate it!!!!!! 
(I was always hopeful for you anyway 
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