Turkish-language news services must not be stopped

Parallel to investigations into whether Ahmed Doğan, head of the party representing Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish population (DPS), gravely abused his office, the Bulgarian parliament is now considering stopping news broadcasts in Turkish. The daily Sega comments: "Stopping news broadcasts in Turkish at the present time implies a clear connection between criminality and Turkish origin. The neo-Nazis have long maintained a similar connection regarding criminality and the Roma. But there is no connection whatsoever between the Turkish language and the alleged crimes of the DPS elite. ... Confusing these two issues means criminalising an entire minority - and the consequences of that would have to be paid by every last one of us."

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