(BIANET/IFEX) – In two separate cases, free expression is being suppressed in relation to Kurdish language, culture and politics. In one case, this suppression is the result of actions by Turkish ...
A Gaziantep court has acquitted journalist YetiÅŸgen of violating an old law concerning the exclusive use of the Turkish alphabet. Yasin YetiÅŸgen is the editor of the local Çoban AteÅŸi (Shepherd's Fire ...
Only the Kurdish alpabet includes the letter "q" whereas it does not exist in the Turkish alphabet. The prosecutor saw an "element of crime" in writing the word with a "q" in Turkish. In his defence, ...
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