ACCORDING TO BAKU NEWSPAPER, IN TURKEY KURDS ARRESTED ONLY FOR THAT THEY HAND IN APPLICATIONS TO STUDY IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGEFebruary 11, 2002 - 23:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recently, Kurds living in Turkey have handed in applications stating their wish to study in their native language to municipal bodies. As it is known, studing of that language is prohibited in this country and the fact of existence of Kurdish minority in the country is not recognized at the official level. The council of national security of Turkey has evaluated the current activities of Kurds as intrigues of Kurd labor party that is considered as a terrorist organization in Anakra. As «Panorama of Turkey», a newspaper issued in Baku, reports, recently, the police arrested several people, who had handed in application stating their wish to study in Kurdish. It is reported that the government will take necessary measures not to allow the development of the campaign carried out by Kurds. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |