From the Voice of America -- A mayor offering services in different languages to his multi-ethnic community may not sound like anything out of the ordinary. But in Turkey the local mayor in city of Diyarbakir was dismissed and is possibly facing prison for speaking Kurdish. Abdullah Demirtas is charged with violating Turkish laws which stipulate only the Turkish language can be used by state organizations. Dorian Jones went to Diyarbakir the main city in the region and filed this report.
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Dismissed Turkish Mayor Continues Quest to Make Kurdish Language Official
Category: Politics and Government
Posted by Langorang on 2008-11-16 17:26:36
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