[HCDX] TRT-Turkey to launch Kurdish broadcasts

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        TRT-Turkey to launch Kurdish broadcasts     
TRT-Turkey is planning to set aside one of its five channels for broadcasts in non-Turkish languages used by Turkish citizens, most notably Kurdish, reports Today's Zaman.   
  The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has decided to go forward with new efforts to expand broadcasts in Kurdish amid criticism that the government's reform process has encountered a serious slowdown.
  TRT General Manager Ibrahim Sahin said it had not yet been decided exactly how the foreign language broadcasts would be carried out but that most likely an entire channel would be devoted to Kurdish broadcasts. 
  Mr Sahin said: "This channel will start broadcasting as soon as possible. We don't have an exact date yet, though." 
  He added that the TRT board was already at work on coming up with the content of the Kurdish programming.
  TRT, the national public broadcaster, is currently planning to either dedicate one of its current channels to full day Kurdish language broadcasts, or to have these broadcasts aired on a new TRT channel. 
    

Thursday 21 Feb 2008 
   
  ABU via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia
   

       
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