Turkey to Allow Some Kurdish TV
In a positive sign from Turkey, 45 minutes of Kurdish language TV will be shown each day. [source]
A good move toward making concessions to the EU.
On a related note, I have a classmate from Turkey (she is ethnically mixed) with whom I discuss minority issues in Turkey. She says that other than Kurds, she believes that the Turkish government thinks that they are already doing plenty for the minorities. With schools, newspapers, radio, and TV, minorities have a lot going on in their languages. My classmate, belonging to a number of different minority groups, feels differently, but it is interesting to know how she perceives the government’s attitude.
She’s also said that the major reason that the Turkish government can’t do the same for the Kurds is sheer numbers. She thinks that the government is really scared of the Kurds.
Kurdish classmates that I had during my undergraduate years said the same thing. Granted, the fact that they were studying in the US and spoke English extremely well means that they are of a certain class, to be sure, but hearing this from a variety of sources is interesting.
Maybe all this fear is a good argument for a Kurdistan?
Thats a nice way of putting it…Govermnent affraid of its own people. Or are they not their own? Hmm its confusing. They are their citizens, but kinda different. May be getting rid of them is better way than let them be themselves? Since 1915 unhumans came up with a lot new methods…
Comment by Գագիկ — 12/29/2005 @ 11:33 pm
Let’s watch the “unhuman” remarks.
Comment by Katy — 12/29/2005 @ 11:43 pm
Smoke and Mirrors to deflect all eyes away from article 301…
Comment by HD — 12/30/2005 @ 8:02 am
You right Kathy, there are not “unhumans” they are just animals
Comment by Firefly — 12/31/2005 @ 6:29 pm
Firefly, inappropriate.
Comment by Katy — 12/31/2005 @ 8:49 pm
Another Danger!
It seems that the Turkish Republic lives in a constant nightmare. Dangers are from left and right, from above and within. Kurds, Armenian Diaspora, Turkish writers, European liberals…etc etc… Now they identified another danger.
According to the article in Istanbul MILLI GAZETE newspaper (28.12.05) there are Crypto-Armenians among them. Namely, Armenians who were taken away, kidnapped or converted into Muslim religion to save their lifes during Genocide. There are estimated 40,000 of them. Now they are recalling their true identity and some are changing back. Well, it all could be just curious fact from the life of a 80 million population country standing on the verge to concur Europe, but NO! They claim it is a danger. Any guesses how they are goint to react?
http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg133536.html
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