Turkish language to be added to Iraq's Kirkuk city’s official languages
Do you understand how the IRS includes tax information in seven different languages? Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, and Haitian-Creole are all included in tax information on the US government website.
Well, Kirkuk Governorship is going to do the same for the Turkish language, which will now be used in official correspondence.
Kirkuk Governorship in Iraq announced Thursday that Turkish will once again be used in official correspondence.
Letterheads and seals of official institutions will also include the Turkish language.
Mervan al-Ani, a Kirkuk provincial governor's office official, told Anadolu the Turkish language is a constitutional right.
In a letter to Kirkuk governor Rakan al-Jabouri, the chairman of the Turkmen Group in the Iraqi Parliament, Ersat Salihi urged the use of the Turkmen mother tongue in official institution signs, correspondence, and seals.
According to the Iraqi Constitution, Arabic and Kurdish are the two official languages. This is a major step for a government.
Yet Turkish and Syriac are considered official languages in administrative areas where they are densely populated.
