Turkish army wades into Kurdish debate

Article reports that Turkey’s military waded into a debate on the public use of Kurdish in December 2010, asserting that it had a constitutional duty to protect the republic against threats to national unity.

The Turkish Armed Forces 'has always been and will continue to be the party that protects the nation state, unitary state and secular state,' read a statement, released on the 17 December 2010. It referred to an article of the constitution specifying that the Turkish state is an indivisible whole whose language is Turkish.

ESO: Background information: Erdogan defiant after Kurdish rebels kill 12 http://www.europeansources.info/record/erdogan-defiant-after-kurdish-rebels-kill-12/

ESO: Background Information: Turkey urges end to ethnic strife http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-urges-end-to-ethnic-strife/

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