[vimto]

Turkey are very worried that the Kurds will demand land form them as a homeland.

They banned Kurdish names at one point and as far as I know the media cannot use the Kurdish language (which was one reason why the Kurdish kids died in the bird 'flu outbreak).

[dervish]

I believe the ban on the Kurdish language was repealed recently as part of a human rights clean up act preceding Turkey's seeking entry into the EU.