Police detain nine protesting for mother tongue education in İstanbul
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The Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) Esenyurt District Organization in İstanbul gathered outside a primary school in the district to read out a statement about mother tongue education.
The police did not allow the gathering and detained nine people. Officers broke Burukan's nose was broken and beat Gamze Kaya in front of her children, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reported.
The detainees were first taken to the hospital, and then to the Kıraç Police Station.
In the 2021-2022 school year, 20,265 students chose an elective Kurdish language course, according to the Ministry of National Education. Elective Kurdish language education was included in the curriculum for the first time in 2012.
The HDP demands full mother tongue education for all ethnic minorities in the country, saying that an elective language course cannot replace education in mother tongue. (RT/VK)
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First century of the Republic and Kurdish language policies
FEBRUARY 21 MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
One century, one regime, and the right to mother tongue
Criminal complaint over racist writing on school stairs
'Civil disobedience': Author Mahmut Alınak offers Kurdish education at his house
More than 20,000 students choose Kurdish language classes in Turkey
99.1 percent of families want their children to be educated in their mother language