"Denmark-Based Kurdish TV Station Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by Claudia Sondergaard on February 7, 2011 in Europe, News | 0 Comment
The Kurdish-language television station Roj TV, with headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize by a 150-member group – including the South African archbishop Desmond Tutu who won the prize in 1984 for his work against apartheid. The station has been broadcasting since 2004 under a Danish broadcasting license and managing director Imdat Yilmaz has explained to the Danish daily Berlingske Tidende that the main purpose of the station is to promote Kurdish language and culture. The reason for not pursuing this purpose in Turkey, Yilmaz country of origin, is the controversial marginalisation and suppression of the Kurdish minority in Turkey."
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