Kirkuk – APA. Kirkuk parliament passed a decision to make the Turkish language one of the official languages of the region. APA reports that Turkmen parliamentarians insisted on passing the decision. According to the decision, along with Arabic and Kurdish the Turkish language will also be used in official documents in the region.
The board with “Kirkuk province†written in Turkish on it will be unveiled on December 23.
This is the first time the Turkish language is given official status in Iraq after the collapse of Ottoman Empire.
Kirkuk parliament passes decision to give official status to the Turkish language
22 December 2008 11:17 (UTC +04:00)
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