Politics Strain Turkey's First Kurdish-language Institute
By Fehim Tastekin
AL Monitor
Posted 2014-11-14 23:35 GMT
The Institute of Living Languages, founded in 2010 at Artuklu University in Turkey's southeastern city of Mardin, was one of Ankara's most tangible steps in efforts to resolve the Kurdish problem. It became Turkey's first Kurdiology department and the first to teach the Syriac language. Described as a "revolution" by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the institute has been a glimmer of hope amid the many snags hampering the Kurdish peace process.
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