AKP plans to grant Kurds right of education in their languag
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:17 pm28/07/2012 14:06
ERBIL, July 28 (AKnews) - Turkish media sources said Saturday that the ruling Justice and Development Party led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to make constitutional changes that will allow granting Kurds the right of education in Kurdish language.
CNN Turkish news channel stated that the ustice and Development Party submitted a draft law to the constitution compatibility committee in the Turkish parliament headed by Turkish parliament speaker Cemil Cicek calling for changing article 42, which says only Turkish language is adopted in the schools of the country.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during the meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party last month that as of the next school year Kurdish language will be added to the curriculum in the early stages of basic education, in addition to making it a second optional language if enough students wish to learn it.
Within the constant quest to solve the Kurdish problem, the government is implementing a number of reform steps to end the conflict, which has lasted for several decades. In 2009 Kurdish language was approved as a teaching language in universities and a satellite channel on Kurdish TRT6 was launched.
ERBIL, July 28 (AKnews) - Turkish media sources said Saturday that the ruling Justice and Development Party led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to make constitutional changes that will allow granting Kurds the right of education in Kurdish language.
CNN Turkish news channel stated that the ustice and Development Party submitted a draft law to the constitution compatibility committee in the Turkish parliament headed by Turkish parliament speaker Cemil Cicek calling for changing article 42, which says only Turkish language is adopted in the schools of the country.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during the meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party last month that as of the next school year Kurdish language will be added to the curriculum in the early stages of basic education, in addition to making it a second optional language if enough students wish to learn it.
Within the constant quest to solve the Kurdish problem, the government is implementing a number of reform steps to end the conflict, which has lasted for several decades. In 2009 Kurdish language was approved as a teaching language in universities and a satellite channel on Kurdish TRT6 was launched.
