ANKARA: Turkey’s State Radio Begins Broadcasting In Armenian, Kurdis

TURKEY’S STATE RADIO BEGINS BROADCASTING IN ARMENIAN, KURDISH

Hurriyet
April 2 2009
Turkey

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s state run Television and Radio Corporation, or TRT,
has launched Armenian and Kurdish channels in the latest in a series
of planned foreign language broadcasting mediums being launched by
the state.

Kurdish radio programs began on April 1, while Armenian radio programs
began on April 2.

Radyo 6 will air in Kurdish 24-hours a day, TRT said in a written
statement.

Armenian programs would be broadcast everyday between 7.00-7.30
a.m. and 6.00-6.30 p.m. as part of "The Voice of Turkey" radio,
the statement added.

The move comes as Ankara and Yerevan continue to engage in a
normalization process between the two neighbors that for decades have
had no diplomatic relations.

Turkey also recently took steps to boost the cultural and democratic
rights of Kurds with the Jan. 1 launch of TRT-6, a TV channel that
airs in Kurdish 24-hours a day.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS