DIYARBAKIR. – The court of Diyarbakir, Turkey, justified the Sur Municipality Mayor in Diyarbakir Abdullah Demirbaş, who was charged for allegedly abusing office. The mayor demanded those who desire to work in the city hall to know Kurdish, Armenian, or Arab in addition to Turkish.

“When the MFA hires new employees it demands that they know either English or French, which is not discrimination, while demanding the knowledge of Armenian or Kurdish is a discrimination?” the Kurd Mayor asked and the court justified him.

To note, investigations were launched against Demirbaş after he organized courses of the Armenian language in Diyarbakir.