by Lit » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:48 pm
All parties criticized the decision of the HBC to forbid the Turkish Cypriot dialect on the TV
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (09.10.09) reports that the political parties in the “assembly” discussed yesterday the announcement of the so-called Higher Broadcasting Council (HBC) which decided to forbid the use of the Turkish Cypriot dialect on the televisions. The chairmen of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), Democratic Party (DP) and Communal Democracy Party (TDP), Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Serdar Denktas and Mehmet Cakici respectively criticized the decision.
Mr Soyer accused the National Unity Party (UBP) self-styled government of trying to rule by using oppression. “You are a government which dictates even how people will talk,” said Soyer. Mr Denktas addressing the UBP said that they will turn the Turkish Cypriots into “the only people in history” which is ashamed of the way it speaks. Mr Cakici noted that the decision is a policy of annihilating the Turkish Cypriot culture. The self-styled prime minister, Dervis Eroglu said that this decision might concern the TV speakers. He said he is proud of being a Cypriot and noted that he will never be ashamed of this. He said: “If you ask me this decision is wrong. In this country everybody speaks as he wishes.”
(I/Ts.)
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