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The publishing house emphasizes that the widespread use of Kurdish is achievable through reading and writing, and this should be fostered from an early age.

According to a new survey, the speaking of the Kurdish language decreases in the houses with children. Families do not prefer to speak in their mother tongue because they don’t want their children to face difficulties in school life.

"Everyone but you is aware that being multicultural and multilingual does not divide but enrich a country," MP Uca has remarked, criticizing the ban on mother tongue education in Turkey.

The change has been made on the grounds that permission by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is required to change the medium of instruction to another language than Turkish.

Affiliated with the Metropolitan Municipality of İstanbul, the İstanbul Arts and Vocational Training Center (İSMEK) has started accepting applications for Kurdish lessons. In early December, the Municipality announced that it would hire two Kurdish instructors.

The Municipality has announced that it will hire two Kurdish-speaking language instructors.

President Prof. Ağırakça has refuted the claims that the Institute of Living Languages will be closed due to "savings measures" by the senate of the university.

The Senate of Mardin Artuklu University has decided to close the institution which has departments of Kurdish, Syriac and Arabic languages.