A Gaziantep court has acquitted journalist Yetişgen of violating an old law concerning the exclusive use of the Turkish alphabet. Yasin Yetişgen is the editor of the local Çoban Ateşi (Shepherd's Fire ...

Only the Kurdish alpabet includes the letter "q" whereas it does not exist in the Turkish alphabet. The prosecutor saw an "element of crime" in writing the word with a "q" in Turkish. In his defence, ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...