▁when ▁school ing ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁j okes ▁and ▁when ▁few ▁people ▁studied ▁Q ed r î can ' s ▁father , ▁known ▁as ▁" C ano " ▁( h ence ▁the ▁last ▁name ) ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁school . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁successful ▁student , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁See ing ▁that ▁his ▁son ▁was ▁a ▁successful ▁student ▁C ano ▁decided ▁to ▁send ▁his ▁son ▁to ▁K ony a ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁teachers ' ▁college ▁there . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁days ▁as ▁a ▁student ▁there ▁Q ed r î ▁Can ▁was ▁black list ed ▁for ▁cultiv ating ▁" polit ical ▁str ife "; ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁a ▁target ▁for ▁writing ▁poetry ▁in ▁Kur d ish ▁and ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁escape ▁Turkey . ▁ ▁At ▁a ▁time ▁after ▁the ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁She ikh ▁Sa id ▁Reb ell ion , ▁he ▁escaped ▁to ▁Sy ria ▁and ▁lived ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁ ▁Q ed r î can ▁is ▁remembered ▁for ▁open ly ▁teaching ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁Language ▁to ▁students ▁in ▁N ort he astern ▁Sy ria . ▁ ▁Among ▁his ▁circle ▁of ▁friends ▁are ▁the ▁well ▁known ▁names ▁of ▁ren owned ▁Kur d ish ▁intellect uals : ▁Cel ad et ▁Bed ir ▁Khan , ▁Kam ur an ▁Bed ir ▁Khan , ▁Dr . ▁N ure tt in ▁Z aza , ▁Dr . ▁N uri ▁D ers imi , ▁Ek rem ▁C em il