The recent decision by the Turkish Ministry of Health to expand the e-Prescription System to include English, Arabic, Russian, German, and French, while leaving out Kurdish, has prompted considerable public backlash.

Serkan Ramanlı, a HÜDA PAR deputy from Batman, said that the decision to add English, Arabic, Russian, German, and French to the system, while omitting Kurdish, was a "deficiency".

Ramanlı said that Kurdish is spoken by a significant number of people in Turkey and that it is unfair that it is not included in the system.

He also said that Kurds should be provided with easier and more comfortable service in healthcare settings.

Ramanlı's call was echoed by writer Said Temel, who said that the Kurdish Language and Literature Departments in universities have fallen to the bottom of the preference ranking because graduates are not appointed.

Temel said that Kurdish language should be taught in schools and that children should be encouraged to take elective Kurdish lessons.

The Ministry of Health has not yet responded to Ramanlı's call. (ILKHA)