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T The responsibility of the government

Before turning to recommendations on this subject, it needs to be
made clear that throughout the 13 years of AKP rule, between 2002

and 2015, the party signed up to major new policies for the Southeast,
policies which had never been implemented previously. In summary:
• The state of emergency was lifted.

• Obstacles to citizens giving Kurdish names to their children
were lifted.

• Party closures were made more difficult.

• The ban on Kurdish-language broadcasting was lifted.

• Kurdish-language courses were permitted.

• Radio and TV broadcasts in different languages and dialects
were permitted.

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