21 language organizations and associations, including the Kurdish Language and Culture Network, the Mesopotamia Cultural Center (MKM) and the Istanbul Kurdish Institute, made a statement regarding the ban on concerts and theatre plays in Kurdish. The joint statement pointed out that the attacks against the Kurdish language have continued for centuries. They pointed out the latest banning of the concerts of Aynur Doğan and Metin Kemal Kahraman and the theater play of Tiyatro Mencel.

The statement said: "We are aware that the reasons put forward for the cancellations are excuses, and that the main issue is the uneasiness caused by the Kurds claiming their own language and culture everywhere."

We will respond to the bans

Emphasizing that the Kurdish language will always be defended despite all prohibitions and obstructions, the statement said: "We will respond to these prohibitions and attacks by speaking our language everywhere, singing and performing art in our mother tongue everywhere. These attacks can only increase our determination to protect and develop the Kurdish language. The Kurdish people will not give up their language. We will defend our language in all areas of life against these prohibitions against Kurdish language and culture.”

Among the organizations and associations that signed the statement were: Kurdish Language and Culture Network, Mesopotamia Cultural Center (NÇM-MKM), Mesopotamian Languages and Cultures Research Association (MED-DER), Istanbul Kurdish Institute (Kurdish Studies Association), Diyarbakır Kurdish Institute, ARSİSA Language, Culture and Art Research Center Association, Kurdish Literature Association, ARI-DER Language and Culture Research Association, Birca Belek Association, AVESTA - Language and Culture Research Association, Ferat Language and Culture Research Association (FERAT-DER), East Southeast Associations Platform , Muş Associations Federation, Şirvan Associations Federation, Wan Associations Federation, Iğdır Associations Federation, Batman Associations Federation, Elazığ Karakoçan Associations Federation, Istanbul Patnoslular Platform, Destar Magazine, Ecology Association.