Alpaslan Pehlivanlı (1947 - 14 April 1994, Kırıkkale)[1][2] was a Turkish lawyer and politician, and a parliamentary deputy for the Motherland Party. He was the leader of the Justice Commission in the Grand National Assembly and deemed the legalization of the Kurdish language and the possibility of Kurdish songs being sung in coffee houses or Kurdish films being screened as separatism.[3][4] He was assassinated in 1994.

References

  1. kimkimdir71.com, Alparslan Pehlivanlı - ( Kırıkkale Eski Milletvekili ) - 1947 - 1994
  2. Vatan, 5 September 2008, Pehlivanlı aracında vuruldu
  3. Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove. "Kurds in Turkey and in (Iraqi) Kurdistan: A Comparison of Kurdish Educational Language Policy in Two Situations of Occupation". Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal.
  4. Somer, Murat. "Resurgence and Remaking of Identity: Civil Beliefs, Domestic and External Dynamics, and the Turkish Mainstream Discourse on Kurds" (PDF). Boston College. SAGE Publishing. pp. 602–603. doi:10.1177/0010414005277268.


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