Kurdish teachers
From Censorpedia
Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Language [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Public Art [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Six anonymous Turkish teachers
Confronting Bodies: Turkish police
Dates of Action: October 2000
Location: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Description of Artwork: Invitations to a World Teachers Day celebration written in Turkish and Kurdish.
The Incident: Six Turkish teachers sent out invitations for a World Teachers Day celebration. Turkish police arrested the teachers.
Results of Incident: The police claimed that "publishing and distributing invitations in Kurdish" is a crime under law." The teachers were arrested.
Source: Index on Censorship, 6/2000 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
