I tried a quick translation of your text, you do have some strange politic
debates in your country... I could name hundreds of better subject matters
for your deputy to discuss about... ;-)
Bertrand.
> Can somebody translate this into English? I am Turkish and would like to
> know what this is all about. I can get the main idea. This is about the
> Turkish government recalling high school math books because it thought
> they had "formulae" implying PKK (A separatist Kurdish party). Anyway,
> gimme a translation and I'll give you more info about it.
TURQUERIE : VERS LA SUPPRESSION DES LETTRES " P " ET " K " DANS LES
turkish trick: toward the suppression of the letters P and K in the turkish
school books?
> > MANUELS SCOLAIRES EN TURQUIE ? Le minist�re turc de l'�ducation
nationale a
the turkish government asked to the publishers of the school book Can
Mathematik to suppress the
> > demand� aux �diteurs du manuel scolaire Can Matematik de supprimer les
> > lettres " P " et " K " des probl�mes d'�quation. Le minist�re a exig�
que
letters P and K of the equation problems. The minister has asked that
> > les lettres " E ", " G ", " F " et " H " soient utilis�es en alg�bre
pour
the letters E G F and H be used in maths in order to avoid unconvenient
interpretations
> > �viter " des interpr�tations inconvenables " trouvant que cela pourrait
finding that it coulb evoke thez kurdish organization of PKK (Kurdish Party
of Workers).
> > �voquer l'organisation kurde PKK (le parti des travailleurs du
Kurdistan ).
> > La question avait m�me �t� discut�e jusqu'au Parlement turc, lorsqu'un
The question was even discussed in the Turkish parliament, when a deputy
> > d�put� du parti de la Juste Voie (DYP), Saffet Arikan Beduk, a
interpell�
of the party of the just way, Saffet Afrikan Beduk, asked by a motion to the
minister
> >
> > par une motion le ministre de l'�ducation nationale Metin Bostancioglu:
of the National Education Metin Bostancioglu:
> > "Considerez-vous que cela soit appropri� pour nos enfants d'�crire de
leur
"Do you consider that it is appropriate for our children to write with thier
own pens
> > propre stylo ces lettres, qui conduit � penser au PKK ? ". Ce dernier
n'a
those letters, who lead to think to the PKK?" The latter didn't lose it's
time
> > pas perdu son temps, il a d'abord demand� le retrait du livre des ventes
and asked first the return of the book, then some modifications and informed
> > exig� les modifications et inform� le d�put� S.A. Beduk. Ankara va-t-il
the Deputy Beduk. Will Ankara gets its obsession untill the suppression
> > pousser son obsession �radicatrice jusqu'� supprimer tout bonnement les
> > lettres " P " et " K " de son alphabet ? Ne craignant pas le ridicule,
les
of the letters P and K of its alphabet? Not afraid by its stupidity, the
turkish authorities
> > autorit�s turques avaient d�j� d�cid� de remplacer les lampes vertes des
had already decided to replace the green bulbs of
> > feux tricolores du trafic par des lampes bleues dans les provinces
kurdes
the traffic lights by blue ones in the kurdish areas
> > car le vert, le rouge et le jaune sont les trois couleurs " s�paratistes
" du drapeau kurde.
because the green, the yellow and the red are the three sepratistes colors
of the Kurdish flag.
> > (...)
> >
> > Le ministre turc de l'agriculture, H�sn� Yusuf G�kalp, du parti de
l'Action
The turkish minister of agriculture, H�sn� Yusuf G�kalp, of the party of the
Nationalist Action
> > nationaliste a annonc� le 3 janvier 2000 qu'il avait donn� les
announced the 3rd of January 2000 that he had given
> > instructions n�cessaires � ce qu'une nouvelle race de vaches, purement
the needed instructions in order that a new race of cows, purely turkish,
> > turque, soient reproduites en Turquie.
be reproduced in Turky.
> >
> > (...)
> >
>
