March 16, 2012

What does Ertuğrul Özkök want?

Nagehan Alçı

Although they were late in doing so, prosecutors have released journalists Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık.

Abant Platform Proposes Education in Mother Tongue

The Journal of Turkish Weekly

The 26th Abant Platform, which brings together high-profile intellectuals, journalists, legal experts and politicians, concluded on Sunday (March 11th) with a recommendation that Turkey's Constitution recognise the right to education in languages other than Turkish.

"Education in one's mother tongue is an essential human right. The constitution should not have any restrictions on receiving an education in one's mother tongue and it should recognize the right of education in different languages. In addition to this, provided that the official language of the country is taught and learned, everyone has the right to use his/her mother tongue in education," the final declaration stated.