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Offering a series of languages including Adyghe, Abkhazian, Kurmanji, Kırmancki, Laz language, Georgian, Bosnian and Albanian, the Living Languages and Dialects elective court was chosen by 23,028 students in 2021 and by 24,368 this year.

Despite the introduction of elective Kurdish and Circassian language courses into school curricula as part of the government’s education reform, demand for these classes have so far fallen short of expectations. The reason has to do with the policies of school administrations and a boycott by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP,) critics argue.