Color & Language Phobia Should be Overcome

M. Vahit Gunes, the manager of a private school where Kurdish language will be taught in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir province, said that "people should overcome their color and language phobia".

Speaking to the A.A correspondent, Gunes said that "nearly 200 people, including 86 women, had signed up for the Kurdish language courses so far, but they did not accept application of children younger than 14 years".

"The colors of our signs and notices which we hang for advertisement were made a matter of polemics. We hardly understand it. People should overcome their color and language phobia," he said.

Gunes added that courses would start on September 1st.

The Turkish parliament has recently passed a bill allowing broadcast in mother tongue and different dialects in an effort to meet the EU political criteria. (MS-ULG) (YE)