Friday, 3 February 2006Turkey is campaigning against discrimination towards Turks and Muslims in Europe.
Turkey's capital, Ankara, is continuing its initiatives against the immigration test applied to foreigners in Germany, and is reacting towards the proposal that "only Dutch should be spoken on the streets of The Netherlands".
Ankara says the Rotterdam Code, the behavior charter for residents of the city, and proposals from Minister of Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk do not conform to human rights principles.
Ankara was told "This episode is not a governmental opinion, but the work of the municipalities, and was also protested within the realm."
"Let those who do not speak German in school sweep the school garden," a strongly criticized proposal by president and chief executive officer Robert Heinemann read.
Turkey, in the belief that language education should be carried out according to the "willingness principle" told Berlin, "Encouragement should be the basis for education, not punishment."
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Friday, 3 February 2006
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