The historical presence of Kurds in Central Anatolia dates back centuries.

Kurdish communities, especially in provinces such as Ankara, Konya, Aksaray and Sivas, have managed to keep their traditional culture and language alive for many years.

However, in recent years, the use of Kurdish in daily life has been visibly decreasing.

The silent face of assimilation: Language loss

The most important factor that worries about the future of Kurdish in Central Anatolia is the increasing impact of assimilation policies.

In particular:

📺 Television broadcasts,

📱 Social media use,

🏫 Single language policies in schools,

It is causing Kurdish to be replaced by Turkish.

Children no longer speak Kurdish even at home; some even have difficulty understanding it.

This situation is disrupting the transmission of oral culture and language from generation to generation.

Birnebun Writers Warn: “When Language Goes, Culture Goes Too”

Birnebun Magazine writers who have done extensive studies on Central Anatolian Kurds; Fikret Yıldız (Dr. Mikaîlî), Nuh Ateş and Muzaffer Özgür evaluated this process for Şoperêç.