Reports and News on Language Issues

  1. Kurds Choosing English As Their Second Primary Language, FT 19-11-2004
  2. Istanbul’s first private Kurdish course opens, TDN, 05-10-2004
  3. EU hopeful Turkey gives go-ahead to Kurdish-language broadcasts; AFP, 2003-11-18
  4. Kurdish language course on hold in Turkey; AFP, 2003-11-06
  5. Kurdish intellectuals hold conference in their own language in Turkey , AFP, 2003-11-05
  6. Kurdish activists apply to court to change names, AFP, 2003-10-27
  7. Kurdish weekly magazine banned in Iran, AFP, 2003-10-20
  8. Non-regulation door sizes shut out Kurdish language course in Turkey, AFP, 2003-10-18
  9. Not a Sound From Kurdish, Radikal, September 22, 2003
  10. Kurds demonstrate to press for Kurdish schools , AFP, 2003-09-17
  11. The Kurdish Linguistic Identity by Children in Syria, Kur PEN, June 27 June, 2003
  12. Iraqis Learn a Difficult Lesson in Freedom, IWPR, June 6, 2003
  13. Saddam-free textbooks in Iraq planned, AFP, June 16, 2003
  14. What's in a Name? For a Turkish Youth, Maybe Jail, NYT, April 12, 2003
  15. Kurdish language struggles to get a voice, AFP, Dec 27, 2002
  16. Lifting bans is of no help to boost demand for Kurdish courses, TDN, Oct 9, 2002
  17. Prosecutors charge groom with propaganda for Kurdish love poem, AP, Mar 1, 2002
  18. Turkey Moves Towards Creating Private Kurdish Schools, VOA, 18 Sep 2002
  19. Courses in the Kurdish Language Will Soon Start in Turkey, Milliyet, Sep 3, 2002
  20. Mother tongue still prosecuted, Kurdish Observer, 4 September 2002
  21. Thanks to the EU, Turkey overcomes mother-tongue taboo, TDN, Sep 6, 2002
  22. Turkish court acquits Kurdish children , AFP, Sep 10, 2002
  23. Penalties for Kurdish Will be Lightened, Radikal, Aug. 26, 2002
  24. Turkey Schools Set to Teach Kurdish, AP, August 10, 2002
  25. Iraq to hand out more than four million school books to Iraqi Kurds
  26. Minister Says Regulation on Kurdish Courses Can Be Completed in 3 Months
  27. Ministry of Education: Kurdish Class Inspectors on the Way
  28. Silenced Minority: Kurds in Turkey arrested for trying to study their own language
  29. Intellectuals support the mother tongue
  30. Kurdish language, cultural rights would not weaken Turkey
  31. The Kurdish language must become institutionalized
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