Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Turkey gears up for Kurdish-language TV

Turkey gears up for Kurdish-language TV
Kurdish, a language banned in the country until the early 1990s, marking a fresh milestone in Ankara's fence-mending efforts towards the restive Kurdish community.
The new station, which will be Channel Six of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), will broadcast round the clock in Kurdish "without imposing the state ideology while offering comprehensive informational programmes," according to TRT director Ibrahim Sahin. FOR MORE clik Turkey gears up for Kurdish-language TV

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