A adds Kurdish to broadcasts

AA has increased number of languages it broadcasts to six, adding Kurdish to five languages it already publishes news in ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency (AA) has increased the number of languages it broadcasts to six, adding Kurdish to five languages it already publishes news in. Kurdish language will enrich the diversity of AA news with its two dialects, Kurmanji and Sorani. Addition of Kurdish language was welcomed by politicians, academicians and NGOs while becoming one of the positive steps the agency has taken for its vision of becoming one of the five most effective news agencies of the world. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said, "with its Kurdish broadcast, AA will constitute a strong bridge between Turkey and Kurdish population in surrounding countries, our Kurdish brothers, sisters and public opinion there, just like it does with Bosnian in the Balkans and Arabic broadcasts in the Middle East." Turkey’s main opposition party CHP (People’s Republican Party) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu also praised the new step, saying it is important that AA continues developing itself and keeping its credibility. The spokesman for Kurdish regional administration in Iraq, Sefin Dizayi congratulated AA and said the AA presence in Irbil and Suleymaniyah was very important for them, adding that AA is an organization covering political, economic and cultural developments in Kurdish administration in north of Iraq with correct and honest journalism. Meanwhile Culture and Youth Minister of Kurdish regional administration in Iraq, Kawa Mahmood, also welcomed the development. Turkey’s BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) leader Selahattin Demirtas and BDP lawmakers welcomed the move too. News, photos and videos will be serviced on News Flow System (HAS) and AA will serve Kurdish news on http://www.aa.com.tr/kk in Kurmanji dialect and “http://www.aa.com.tr/ks” in Sorani dialect.