TURKEY PROTESTS AS KURDS BEAM TV FR
kurdeng at aps.nl
kurdeng at aps.nl
Thu Jun 15 05:38:18 BST 1995
From: tabe at newsdesk.aps.nl
Subject: TURKEY PROTESTS AS KURDS BEAM TV FROM BRITAIN
Reply-To: kurdeng at aps.nl
995 01:57:17 -0800
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.kurdish
Subject: TURKEY PROTESTS AS KURDS BEAM TV FROM BRITAIN
From: S978072 at UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 95 19:01:55 CDT
MED-TV, the first international Kurdish language channel, has received a
rapturous welcome from Kurds in Turkey, where radio and TV programmes in their
own language are banned. But the Turkish authorities are furious about the
station, which began scheduled broadcasting on Monday to Europe, the Middle
East and North Africa. The programming includes the uncensured news from the
south-east(North Kurdistan). In Turkey, in the mainly south-east, security
forces have smashed at least 30 satellite dishes in Batman and Diyarbakir
provinces, according to Ahmet Akkaya, a spokeman for MED-TV, but Kurdish
communities still wait eagerly for the three hours of programmes that begin at
7pm each day. Shops in the south-east report that sales of stallete dishes
have rocketed since the station started up.
"This is a dream come true" said Besbine Urper, a Kurdish housewife from the
eastern province of Kars> They cannot stop us from watching television in our
own language anymore. (The Daily Telegraph, 24 May)
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