sexta-feira, junho 30, 2006

Turkish Kurds seek language rights.

Site: Aljazeera.net
Selected article: Turkish Kurds seek language rights.
Address: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6D009D7E-C7E7-4CAC-80BA-A1BD54C3205B.htm
Category: Language Prejudice.
Summary: This article discusses the prejudice against the Kurdish language according to th Salih Akin, a Kurdish academic: “The Kurdish language does not have any social prestige. People know that they cannot use it (Kurdish) in state institutions and in commerce but only at home, and thus do not send their children to private courses teaching the language"