Speaker’s Office found demand for Kurdish language 'unconstitutional'

2024-05-15 11:42:26


	 

	NEWS CENTER – Turkish Parliamentary Speaker’s Office did not put into action the motion, which demanded that education in the mother language be constitutionally guaranteed and that Kurdish be the language of education, on the grounds that it is "unconstitutional".

	 

	People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, in her motion submission to the Presidency of the Parliament on February 15, demanded that education in the mother language be constitutionally guaranteed and that Kurdish be the language of education.

	 

	Turkish Parliamentary Speaker’s Office found the motion "unconstitutional" and did not put it into action. Speaker’s Office stated that the request was contrary to the provision of the constitution that "The State of Turkey is an indivisible whole with its territory and nationality. Its language is Turkish" and said, "It is not possible for a draft motion that is clearly contrary to the provisions of the Constitution to be prepared by the Proposal Support Office of the Department of Laws and Resolutions."