Multiculturalism is being argued in these days. Many countries indeed express support for multiculturalist’s principles. Even if we are all multiculturalist now, we still need time to understand the multiculturalists. As Simon and Pala argued, France and Britain are the enough cases to analyze to understand how multiculturalism works. When France works on assimilation plans, Britain does not. I do not know if assimilation is the correct implement for living peaceful as multicultural or it is just easiest way to deal with problems.
As I remember one of the most successful strategies of Ottoman Empire was assimilation. They were sending Turkish families to territories that there is not Turkish. They lived there, worked there and their new life formed there. So, thanks to Turks, new territories’ society had chance to see how Turks live. However, discrimination still existed and Ottoman Empire could not resist against that.
Also in Turkey, there were lots of campaigns for mainly Kurdish people to be assimilated. However, government forced people who belongs different ethnicity. Speaking in Kurdish was banned for a long time. Lots of Kurdish villages was forced to migrate western cities to provide any unity in eastern part of Turkey where Kurdish people live. It was okay for a police to arrest someone who was born in one of the Kurdish cities. These campaigns were not just based on force, there were also another really barbaric campaigns. In 1980’s, in Tunceli, which is also called Dersim, lots of people killed and there are some views that it was government implementation. Even Musa Anter who is Kurdish journalist, went to court just because he whistled in Kurdish.I think assimilation does not work for multiculturalists. If a state wants to rule, people has to be happy. In my opinion any kind of assimilation plans of government may cause resistance against government. Musa Anter who is Kurdish journalist, went to court just because he whistled in Kurdish. I think assimilation does not work for multiculturalists. If a state wants to rule, people has to be happy.