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Turkey Kurds Welcome the Kurdish TRT Broadcasting |
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Sunday, 28 December 2008The Turkish state TV, TRT, will begin its Kurdish broadcasts in January. The use of Kurdish was prohibited following a 1980 military coup until the year 1991 in the country. The TRT aired test broadcasts on Thursday in two Kurdish dialects, Kurmanji and Zaza. Full broadcasts will start on January 1.
The TRT's Kurdish channel, TRT 6, broadcast interviews about the project and played Kurdish music in its test broadcasts on the first day.
In an interview with Today's Zaman Ýstanbul-based daily on Friday, TRT 6 Coordinator Sinan Ýlhan said the Kurmanji dialect will be used for the first broadcasts and other Kurdish dialects will be included gradually as the channel moves forward. The TRT will also have separate channels broadcasting in Arabic and Persian in the future, Ýlhan added.
The new channel was welcomed by many Kurds:
Ýbrahim Halil Þahin (Sanliurfa province): "If they do things like this in Turkey, the southeastern people will see this positively".
Mehmet Öksüzoðlu (Sanliurfa Young Businessman's Association Chairman): “Everyone who wants Turkish unity and to protect Turkey's integrity should be proud. I see it as a late but extremely positive step".
Abdullah Ýbrahimoðlu (Mush province): "This is a democratic step. We see this as an important step for freedom, brotherhood and peace. I hope the TRT 6 would become an important instrument in preserving the Kurdish language and culture”.
Refik Korkusuz (Assistant Professor in the law department at the Diyarbakir Dicle University): "Those who wanted Turkey's unity also wanted to have a sense of belonging and expected Kurdish TV because of that. I think this is a delayed but very positive development; I wish the best of success and that it becomes an important milestone in our brotherhood."
Altan Tan (Kurdish writer): “Some segments are unnerved by the TRT's Kurdish broadcasts. There are those who want peace, and then there are those who want war. Kurdish television is for those who want peace. Some are openly disturbed. But the initiative should continue. Those who want peace should add new steps to similar initiatives".
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Sunday, 28 December 2008
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