[chava]

I agree there is a huge economic problem in the Southeast. I also think there were mistakes made on both sides and the economic problems of the Southeast stem from those mistakes. However, a few language schools is not enough. RTUK programming regulations for broadcasting in Kurdish is not enough.

There are still problems with torture while in detention and with impunity that security forces enjoy. I know about cases of torture and sexual abuse of Kurds by Turkish security forces from my NGO and UN contacts working in South Kurdistan.

Kurds make up 20% or so of the total population, therefore they are a minority ethnicity and as long as they are willing to deny their ethnicity they enjoy full rights.

I know that things have gotten better but there is still a way to go.

If I go to Turkey, will I be permitted to enter with my Kurmanci dictionary?

[Turk2]

You can bring whatever book you like with you. This isn't Nazi Germany.

[Vixa]

"Kurds make up 20% or so of the total population, therefore they are a minority ethnicity and as long as they are willing to deny their ethnicity they enjoy full rights."

This is a rumour. Since in population charts there aren't any ethnic section. There never was. Nobody knows exactly who is from whom...