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A news conference of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is screened on televisions at an electronics shop in Istanbul September 30, 2013. Erdogan announced a so-called "democratization package" that would allow for education in languages other than Tur

Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet

Conflict & Justice

Governments go to extremes to keep minorities in their place. In Turkey, leaders banned several letters of the alphabet. Now that is set to change.

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