Kurdish singer Rojin quits TRT-6 and says they treated her like a criminal
Kurdishaspect.com – By Mahsum Yilgin
According to the daily Turkish newspaper - Radikal - the Kurdish musical artist and performer, Rojin, recently quit her program on TRT-6 after saying she was treated like a "criminal". She explained that she had no control over the program and expressed that there was a lack of trust in her by the management at TRT-6.
Rojin joined the government-run TRT-6 network in February and hosted her own show called "Rojiname". Her show provided entertainment and was also educational, helping to bring women's issues in the spotlight for discussion.
Many Kurds criticized the popular star for joining the TRT-6 network, arguing that the network was designed as a propaganda tool by a Turkish government that refuses to seriously solve the Kurdish issue. Rojin responded to her fans that she was participating in hopes to simply help her people's culture.
After only a couple of months, Rojin quit the station and stated to Radikal that her program was "treated as a potential crime and the host [Rojin] as a potential criminal." She explained that the network even refused to allow her to invite her own guests to the show and have control over many other aspects of the program.
TRT-6 is a government-run TV station and the first station to broadcast in the Kurdish language 24 hours a day. The opening of the station was a surprise to many since Kurdish is a language that has been banned in Turkey. While citizen's usage of the language is now permitted, political officials are banned from using the language in any public or political institutions.
Many Kurds saw the opening of TRT-6 as political propoganda by the ruling Justice and Development Party-AKP ahead of the elections held in March of this year and an attempt to woo the Kurdish population in Turkey.
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