Kurdistan Students Association

The Kurdistan Students Association (KSA) (Kurdish: کۆمەڵەی خوێندکارانی کوردستان), founded in April 26 1976 in Kirkuk, is a student organization established by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to combat injustice, oppression and Arabization policies that Kurdish students faced during the Ba'athist regime in iraq. after the 1991 Kurdish uprising in Iraq, the KSA turned into a prominent civic organization, advocating for student rights and educational development in the Kurdistan Region.

History

After the establishment of The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the revival of a revolution by kurds against the Ba'athist regime in 1975 a new students organization was established by the name of (Kurdistan Students Union) (Kurdish: یەکێتیی خوێندکارانی کوردستان), with the main reason for it's establishment being to fight against Arabization policies and the changing of kurdish school names to arabic names by the Ba'athist regime. these policies made kurdish students frustrated which led to a new movement between the kurdish students. although at that time there was no students organization that openly operated against the regime. it was seen as necessary to establish an organization for students so on one hand students could have a role in a movement for the freedom of the kurds and another hand students could go in an progressive path. in 1976 Jalal Talabani Sent a letter to Shaswar Jalal in the letter Talabani informed Shaswar jalal that a gathering of kurdish students and establishing an organization for them is needed. Shaswar Jalal had liked the idea and later had shared the request to Shwan Saeed whom had a great relation with the students of that time. on April 25 1976 The Kurdistan Students Union was established. it didn't take long until the word "revolutionary" (Kurdish: شۆڕشگێر) was added into the name and the name changed to (Kurdistan Revolutionary Students Union) (یەکێتیی خوێندکارانی شۆڕشگێڕی کوردستان) prior to the uprising in 1991 The Kurdistan Revolutionary Students Union had held 3 conferences. The first conference was in 5-9 August 1977 when the name of the organization was changed to (Kurdistan Students Union). The second conference was held in Slemani in 24-25 June 1982. and the third conference was held in July 1984. The organization openly operated until 1986 where it was suspended until after the 1991 kurdish uprising.

See Also

  • Patriotic Union of Kurdistan