
Hosting a TV Show, Yılmaz hung up on citizen speaking Kurdish

2021-08-25 13:24:30


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	NEWS CENTER - Hosting a TV Show, Didem Arslan Yılmaz hung up on a citizen who spoke Kurdish and said: "This is Turkey, you have to speak in Turkish."

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	When Türkan Taşçı &nbsp;spoke Kurdish on the phone during the show, Yılmaz said: "No, no, no. Cut the connection. She can't speak like this. Tell her we will call her back if she speaks Turkish properly. This is Turkey. We don't know that langugae."

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	Racist approach of Yılmaz was widely discussed online and #HaddiniBilDidemArslan hashtag became trend topic in a few hours.

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	Yılmaz made a statement on Twitter and underlined that she thinks the public outrage against her was ridiculous. Yılmaz wrote: "I didn't hung up on her because she was Kurdish. She insulted her niece. That's why I hang up. I have no problem with Kurdish. Using this to start a political lynch is ridiculous. I have no problem with people who speak Kurdish. I am sorry if I offended anyone."

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