The ban on ethnic languages goes back to 1920s but was implemented more strictly after 12 September 1980 military coup. After 12 September 1980 mothers who did not know Turkish had to watch their sons silently when they visited them in Diyarbakır Prison The slogan of that time writen on the prison wall in capital letters read Talk in Turkish, talk a lot reflected the mentality of the time. Despite the new openings introduced by the process of integration into the EU, reflections of the same mentality remained in many laws.
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