Broadcasting in Kurdish starts on Monday
The programs will include news, music and documentaries. Broadcasts in local languages and dialects will include Bosnian, Kurdish (Kirmachi), Circassian and Arabic. Broadcasts in Laz and Kurdish (Zaza) will soon follow.
According to regulations, broadcasts will be at most 60 minutes a day and five hours a week on the radio and 45 minutes a day and four hours a week on TV. TRT will brief the media on the broadcasts.
TRT General Director Senol Demiroz said on Friday that the necessary preparations for the broadcasts were complete, adding that these programs would show how culturally rich Turkey was.
He said their broadcasts in local languages and dialects would be made from TRT3 and Radio-1, and that the broadcasts would be made on weekdays, with Bosnian on Monday, Arabic on Tuesday, Kurdish (Kirmanchi) on Wednesday, Circassian on Thursday and Kurdish (Zaza) on Friday.
He said he hoped these multicultural broadcasts, in accordance with the principles set out by the Constitution, would benefit the country.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has speeded up its preparations for control of broadcasts in the expectation that soon private channels will start broadcasting in traditional local dialects and languages.
Regulations say that those who make the broadcasts should conform to rules outlined for public servants.
Meanwhile, the Council of State has rejected the Diyarbakir Bar Association’s application to annul some articles of the law that allows broadcasting in local dialects and languages.
The court said the association was not authorized to file a case for the annulment of the law. If the association tries to appeal the court’s finding, the Council of State administrative cases bureau will examine the matter.
On the other hand, the application for the suspension of some articles of the law that was launched by Gun Radio and TV A.C., which are local broadcasters in Diyarbakir, will be dealt with by the Council of State after RTUK’s defense is received.
