ABSTRACT
Until recently, all elementary school children in Turkey used to recite a nationalist oath every morning. Written way back in 1933, “Our Pledge” was also chanted by Kurdish students. “I am a Turk; I am honest; I am hard-working,” begins the oath with an interesting ending: “Let my entire being serve as a gift to Turkish existence. How happy is the one who says I’m a Turk!” 2
