Ali Asker
2008-12-31 04:18:29 UTC
Kurdish Still Not Recognized In The Parliament
The Kurdish words used in the discussions in the Parliament received
promotion and became "a bunch of words in a non-Turkish language".
They were previously defined as words from an unknown language.
In December 27, Gültan Kışanak, a Democratic Society Party (DTP)
deputy, brought up the problem in the speech she made about the
Kurdish broadcasting of the Turkish State Television (TRT). She
reminded that despite the Kurdish TV channel in the TRT, the Kurdish
language was still described as an unknown language in the Parliament.
Therefore Speaker Köksal Toptan said it would have been nice if they
could have described it as "a non-Turkish language" and asked the
stenographers to use this statement for the Kurdish words.
Another DTP deputy, Osman Özçelik, mocked the expression of "unknown
language" by saying "the name of the village, which is Hoşvan in the
unknown language, became Doğanköy in the known language. Previously,
Özçelik had told bianet that the practice was insulting. (BIA,
December 29, 2008)
The Kurdish words used in the discussions in the Parliament received
promotion and became "a bunch of words in a non-Turkish language".
They were previously defined as words from an unknown language.
In December 27, Gültan Kışanak, a Democratic Society Party (DTP)
deputy, brought up the problem in the speech she made about the
Kurdish broadcasting of the Turkish State Television (TRT). She
reminded that despite the Kurdish TV channel in the TRT, the Kurdish
language was still described as an unknown language in the Parliament.
Therefore Speaker Köksal Toptan said it would have been nice if they
could have described it as "a non-Turkish language" and asked the
stenographers to use this statement for the Kurdish words.
Another DTP deputy, Osman Özçelik, mocked the expression of "unknown
language" by saying "the name of the village, which is Hoşvan in the
unknown language, became Doğanköy in the known language. Previously,
Özçelik had told bianet that the practice was insulting. (BIA,
December 29, 2008)