Turkey's New Kurdish TV Hopes To Win Hearts And Minds - Radio Free Europe
The opening ceremony of TRT-6, Turkey's first Kurdish-language channel
January 02, 2009
By Abubakar Siddique
The state-run Turkish Radio and Television's (TRT) new Kurdish-language channel, TRT-6, went on the air with an image of the Turkish flag being hoisted to the sound of the country's national anthem on January 1. Earlier the same day, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Edrogan became the first Turkish leader to speak Kurdish publicly when he said, "May TRT-6 be beneficial."Back in 2004, TRT began a weekly 30-minute Kurdish broadcast. The move was widely seen as a response to European Union pressure to strengthen the rights of the Kurdish minority.
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