Erdogan recently announced that students could elect to take Kurdish language lessons under a new educational reform package.

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Our correspondent says the violence also comes as Turkey, which seeks European Union membership, has passed a range of reforms that allow Kurdish language education and broadcasting.

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As part of what was described as the "democratic opening, " the Turkish state established a Kurdish-language TV channel for the first time and eased bans on Kurdish language education in schools.

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