ANKARA - The state-run TRT Television channel 3 transmitted a program in Kirmanji on Wednesday within the scope of broadcasting in different languages and dialects used traditionally by Turkish citizens in their daily life.
TRT-3 transmitted 30-minute program in Kirmanji with Turkish subtitles.
The program named ''Our Cultural Heritage'' will be broadcast every week day at 10.30 a.m. at TRT-3 with different languages and dialects. The first program consisted of foreign and domestic news summaries and sports events.
Radio-1 and TRT-3 will broadcast programs in Bosnian on Mondays, Arabic on Tuesdays, Kirmanji on Wednesdays, Circassian on Thursdays and Zaza on Fridays.
The previous and current government passed laws to adjust to the European Union (EU). These laws included Turkey's commitment to start broadcasting in different languages and dialects.
The EU attaches great importance to broadcasting in different languages and dialects in Turkey as it wants to see that Turkey is implementing EU adjustment laws.
(EÖ-AÖ) 09.06.2004