Hana; According to a report received from Urmia, in recent days the issue of speaking in Turkish, Kurdish and Farsi languages has become a problem in the city of Urmia.
According to the report of the colleagues of Hana Human Rights Organization, in the last week's meeting of this council, there was a conflict between the representatives present in the meeting over the naming of a taxi company. According to one of the witnesses present at the meeting, some representatives did not allow anyone to speak in any language other than Turkish. He further adds that this is not the first time that a verbal conflict occurs in the council meetings. Last week, due to the change of the name of Urmia by Pan-Turks, there was a debate, so that in order to silence the opponents, they called them supporters of the anti-revolution and terrorists, and said that 85% of the city's population are Turks, so in the meetings, all They must speak Turkish.
These kinds of statements fuel ethnic and religious tensions, especially for a city like Urmia, whose population is a mixture of Turks, Persians and Kurds. According to the report, government officials are involved in fueling these ethnic differences, especially considering that 5 out of 9 members of the city council are Kurds, but all names of places, schools, streets and alleys are all named in Turkish with the support of the governor.