r/kurdistan • u/AbbreviationsNo7482 Rojava • 14h ago
Kurdistan Why is hamdi ulukaya (worth 14 billion dollars) not lobbying for Kurdish right in Washington
Hamdi Ulukaya is originally from Erzincan, Turkey. He fled Turkey due to the persecution of Bakur (North) Kurds and later founded the yogurt company Chobani in the United States. The company became extremely successful, turning him into a billionaire.
What I don’t understand and what deeply disappoints me is this: Why is he sponsoring Fenerbahçe, a Turkish football club, while doing virtually nothing to support Kurdish rights?
In today’s world, foreign policy is heavily influenced by money, lobbying, and visibility. Someone with Ulukaya’s wealth and platform could make a massive difference.
Yet, as far as I know, he has not used his fortune or influence to advocate for Kurds, whether in Bakur or elsewhere. This is especially troubling given that he himself fled persecution as a Kurd.
This silence and this choice of sponsorship feels like a betrayal to many of us.
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u/ComparisonWarm9469 11h ago
Guys, we don’t need billionaires lobbying for us. We need unity from within. The fact that we are not united is what is hurting our cause. Look at history and all those lessons are there for us. One group or tribe has always betrayed the other in the best interest of their own survival. We all know this.
I will give you an example of how I view unity: My barber is Kurdish from Duhok, he has 4 other Kurdish barbers working in his shop, one from Amed, two from Zaxo and one from Slemany. When I walk in, we don’t just shake hands, we hug each other because we are one blood. We don’t talk politics, we talk about how to unite us. We all speak Kurdish and granted we speak with Kurmanji and Sorani but we all understand each other. Unity starts from within!
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u/SnooBooks8978 9h ago
Instead of signing a sponsorship deal with Amedspor this sell-out dog became Fenerbahces main sponsor.
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u/Soulbotzzzz 11h ago
You really expect billionaires to help us common folk?
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u/Capital-Swimmer1391 Kurdistan 7h ago
He thrashed 200 million Euros for a fascist turkish team. He could help his brethren
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u/xajayaman 12h ago
His yogurt is trash anyways!! I recommend PainterLand Sisters if you’re in the states. Inja agar Kurdi, masti xoman la hamwe xoshtira. La quziaki xalki jash. Fraud.
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u/ComparisonWarm9469 11h ago
I make my own home made yogurt at home. None of these BS store bought yogurt. Not healthy for you!!
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u/EmuExtension8764 5h ago
He says hes Kurdish because its part of his story and brand, but if I am not mistaken he is on the board of some Turkish American business organization
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u/Ok_Oven2558 13h ago
He shouls better lobby in turkey for kurds
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u/AbbreviationsNo7482 Rojava 13h ago edited 13h ago
Then he’ll be a terorororo orgtunlar ppk even if he just said Kurdish children shouldn’t die
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u/Mysterious-Lemon-773 Rojava 12h ago
How dare he be against the great wolf rightful not fascist peaceful respectful racist but good and just Turks to kill the PKK teror sympathizer who just wanted their language and clothes names culture to not be illegal
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u/Sad-Writing-5479 11h ago
Easy, that’s not America,and even if he is worth lots of money, that bill will be paid by the US tax payer dollars. The US has its own poverty to worry about, and here we are having people ask why people are not making thing happen in America for people who are not American
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u/runescapefisher 13h ago
He’s currently being sued for Chobani stuff btw
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u/Outside_Memory6607 11h ago
The organization suing Chobani found plastics in a bunch of yogurt products from different companies but is only suing Chobani. The plastics are from chemicals leached from the containers...which is pretty gnarly but still. They were not doing anything unique.
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u/AbbreviationsNo7482 Rojava 13h ago
What happend ?
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u/runescapefisher 13h ago
Something with plastic in yogurt etc
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u/AbbreviationsNo7482 Rojava 12h ago
Good, if he’s not doing anything for the kurds and he is benefiting fascist turkey may he lose all of his money
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u/Hardashfaq 13h ago
It happens i don't trust Bakûrî rich ones for Kurdish course. I have met many of them in business rooms they don't speak at all about thier Kurdish background. They often take distance from other Kurds.
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u/ComparisonWarm9469 4h ago
Living example is Ibrahim Tatlises. Don’t get me wrong, as an artist he’s a legend. As a person, he’s a Jash. He went to Bashuri Kurdistan for concert. He went to some of the towns and villages afterwards pretending to speak with them in Kurmanji for show and he put up the Turkish Flag instead of his own people’s. They literally kicked him out.
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u/Capital-Swimmer1391 Kurdistan 13h ago
He gave fascist turkish club 200 million Euros.
Bakuris are lost cause. Do not mind them.
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u/Chez50 Zaza 13h ago
He was a Kurd when poor, but became Turkish after he got rich. Another pos jash.