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The Kurdish Question – Historical Suppression of the Language and Identity of the Kurds in Turkey

This article seeks to discuss Turkey’s linguistic policies which have oppressed the Kurds throughout the twentieth century. It also briefly describes the reforms and reasons for the same, concluding that these reforms have been half-hearted and slow; failing to produce real change in their daily lives. THE EARLY YEARS A Read more…

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