Turkey To Allow Private Broadcasting In Kurdish
December 28, 2005
The broadcasts will start in January (RFE/RL)
Zahid Akman, head of Turkey's RTUK broadcasting watchdog, made the announcement in televised remarks.
Turkey already allows limited broadcasting in Kurdish and other languages, including Arabic, on state television and radio, as part of EU-inspired reforms.
But the European Union had been urging Ankara to further expand the cultural and linguistic rights of its ethnic minorities if Turkey hopes to join the 25-country bloc.
(Reuters)