"TURKEY: LACK OF INTEREST FORCES KURDISH LANGUAGE COURSE TO CLOSE
Istanbul, 22 July (AKI) - Barely one year after its inauguration, Turkey's first centre offering Kurdish language lessons, has closed its doors due to a lack of students. The privately-run centre in the mostly Kurdish southeastern city of Batman, was unveiled amid much fanfare in April 2004, with some 30,000 people attending the opening ceremony. But with only 62 students attending lessons in the 480-student capacity centre, the director, Aydin Unesi has decided that he cannot afford to continue. He was the first person to apply for a licence to run a Kurdish language course in Turkey following the lifting of state restrictions."
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