Linguistic diversity has emerged as a major source of conflict affecting the stability of numerous political entities around the world. Language policy makers often face the question of accommodating the needs of linguistically diverse communities. This paper examines the motivations, aims, and consequences of the Turkish state’s language policies in regards to the Kurdish language. The study also attempts to answer the question of why the status of the Kurdish language recently changed from an officially “prohibited language” to “a free language” in Turkey
The discussions about language started with the Tanzimat Period in a cultural sense in Ottoman Empir...
Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish langu...
In recent years, the attention is being increasingly drawn to the role of the European Union on the...
Linguistic diversity has emerged as a major source of conflict affecting the stability of numerous p...
Making of public policies is a process through which the state determines relevant topics for the sa...
Aim: The article aims at considering the linguistic aspect as one of the factors influencing the Kur...
La Turquie, avec une population avoisinant les 75 millions d'habitants et abritant pas moins de quar...
Kurds are the largest ethnic group in Turkey; they have been at the centre of conflict since the es...
This paper examines the impacts of lack of mother tongue-based schooling on Kurds in Turkey. In this...
The article presents modern specifics of Turkish cross-cultural policy. Having passed through severa...
This article describes, compares, and analyzes two educational situations for Kurds from the point o...
Since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, the Kurdish question has been the biggest ethnic iss...
Language provides an interesting lens to look at state-building processes because of its cross-cutti...
The question of Kurdish language rights has been a central issue in the Turkish– Kurdish conflict. Th...
Until the very early 2000s, the Kurds had suffered from numerous Turkification policies; however, af...
The discussions about language started with the Tanzimat Period in a cultural sense in Ottoman Empir...
Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish langu...
In recent years, the attention is being increasingly drawn to the role of the European Union on the...
Linguistic diversity has emerged as a major source of conflict affecting the stability of numerous p...
Making of public policies is a process through which the state determines relevant topics for the sa...
Aim: The article aims at considering the linguistic aspect as one of the factors influencing the Kur...
La Turquie, avec une population avoisinant les 75 millions d'habitants et abritant pas moins de quar...
Kurds are the largest ethnic group in Turkey; they have been at the centre of conflict since the es...
This paper examines the impacts of lack of mother tongue-based schooling on Kurds in Turkey. In this...
The article presents modern specifics of Turkish cross-cultural policy. Having passed through severa...
This article describes, compares, and analyzes two educational situations for Kurds from the point o...
Since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, the Kurdish question has been the biggest ethnic iss...
Language provides an interesting lens to look at state-building processes because of its cross-cutti...
The question of Kurdish language rights has been a central issue in the Turkish– Kurdish conflict. Th...
Until the very early 2000s, the Kurds had suffered from numerous Turkification policies; however, af...
The discussions about language started with the Tanzimat Period in a cultural sense in Ottoman Empir...
Every country that encompasses Kurdistan faces extermination efforts, meaning that the Kurdish langu...
In recent years, the attention is being increasingly drawn to the role of the European Union on the...