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Winning Kurdish Hearts and Minds: The Battle Shifts to the Airwaves January 12, 2009 / Amberin Zaman
The launching of TRT-6, the first Kurdish language television channel on January 1, marked a historic turning point in Turkey's official stance toward the Kurds.
However, many claim that the state-run station is merely a ploy by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to lure Kurdish votes in the run-up to the March elections. A key test of the new Kurdish channel's success will be the extent to which it airs dissenting views. On the one hand, TRT-6 should avoid reducing its coverage to anti-PKK propaganda. On the other hand, it might for instance allow Kurds who advocate greater political autonomy for their kin to say so on screen. While much else needs to be done to woo Kurdish hearts and minds, if Turkey handles its TV card correctly it may just win the battle on the airwaves if not on the ground with the PKK.
