Shining a light on Turkey’s Kurdish minority

The World

Turkey’s government is working on legislation that would legalize the Kurdish language and establish a committee to fight discrimination. Most Turks know little about the Kurdish minority in their country. But a new documentary aims to change that. The World’s Aaron Schachter has the story.

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