Educational Policy of Turkeyin Northern Kurdistan in 1923-2021
Throughout the history of the Turkish Republic, Northern Kurdistan has been its most backward region. This was manifested, among other things, in the low level of literacy of the population. A significant part of the Kurds has not been involved in the Turkish public education system for decades. This situation impeded the assimilation of Turkish Kurds, making it difficult to resolve the "Kurdish issue" in the country.The goal is to trace the genesis and determine the results of Turkish educational policy in Northern Kurdistan in 1923-2021.Material and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of scientific publications of Turkish and Russian researchers who studied educational policy issues in Turkish Kurdistan. In addition, an analysis of legislative documents was carried out, primarily the Turkish Constitutions of 1924 and 1982, which stipulated educational issues. When writing the work, the method of comparative analysis, the descriptive method, the historical-genetic method, as well as the historical-systemic method were used. Findings and their discussion. By the time of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the level of education in the country was lowl. For this reason, the new Turkish leader M.K. Ataturk, who saw the popularization of education as a way to solve many problems, paid special attention to its development. However, regarding Turkish Kurdistan, M.K. Ataturk's policy was somewhat different from the rest of the country. The Kurdish minority community was systematically assimilated, the main instrument of which was the involvement of the Kurds in the system of Turkish-speaking education. This policy, with some exceptions, was carried out in the region for almost a hundred years and continues to this day.Conclusion. Since M.K. Ataturk's leadership the educational policy in Turkey has served as one of the instruments of assimilation regarding the Kurds. During that time, most of the Kurds managed not only to be introduced to the general education system, but also to integrate into Turkish society. However, due to a number of factors, among which is the linguistic barrier, Turkish Kurdistan continues to be the region with the lowest indicators in the country in terms of the degree of involvement of children in the education system.