Turkish PM rules out education in KurdishOctober 10, 2012 - 16:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clearly ruled out the possibility of public education in languages other than Turkish, including such “mother tongues” as Kurdish. “Education in the mother tongue. There is no such thing. Our country’s official language is Turkish,” Erdoğan said, addressing the parliamentary group of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). “Education in mother tongues is one of the demands the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is exploiting in its campaign of separatist terrorism,” Erdoğan said. “The government has fulfilled its duty by granting students the right to study Kurdish as an elective course, which was introduced this school year,” he said. “Some European states have also been exploiting the issue of education in mother tongues, although Turkish is not being taught as a mother tongue in those countries,” Erdoğan said. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |