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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Mandatory Turkish puts Kurdish pupils at disadvantage | World news | The Guardian

Mandatory Turkish puts Kurdish pupils at disadvantage

An estimated 11-15 million Kurds live in Turkey but it is illegal for school children to use Kurdish in the classroom

In a village in eastern Turkey at 8.30 in the morning, around 20 children gather outside a small square building for the daily anit, the student pledge: "I am a Turk, I am honest, I am hardworking."

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