Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkish Language Act Ban


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 18:40, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Turkish Language Act Ban

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There is no information here that (if verified) cannot be included in subjects such as "Kurds in Turkey" or the "military coup of 12 September 1980". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sc.helm (talk • contribs) 2011/05/12 20:13:50
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions.  Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. This article is about a ban on the Kurdish language in public meetings and education.  Referenced facts about Turkish and Kurdish and their official status can be found in Kurdish language, which already contains more information than this article; and Turkish language.  A redirect might be in order.
 * Probably ought to delete this; it isn't a plausible search term for the actual subject, and this title is misleading as a matter of English syntax (you'd expect it was Turkish getting banned.) - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. The article is indeed ineptly named. An English name you might find for this law in English-language sources is "Language Ban Act". This is Law no. 2932 of 19 October 1983, named "Türkçe'den Başka Dillerde Yapılacak Yayınlar Hakkında Kanun" ("Law On Publications Using Other Languages Than Kurdish Turkish"). The enactment of this law had significant effects on Turkish society, and the information ought to be represented somewhere. I'm neutral as to whether this uninformative stub is kept under a different name or merged into other articles (although there is not much to be merged). --Lambiam 08:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. "Other Languages than Kurdish", or "Other Languages than Turkish"?  I'd agree that this is probably an important statute that could well support an article about it.  - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 18:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete or redirect to Kurds in Turkey if citations are added. There are no sources in the article at the moment, and I could not find much sources in Turkish and English on the law itself. There has recently been much discussion on this issue, but seems like this law was actually not discussed in depth. --Seksen (talk) 17:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
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