Whereas private Kurdish-language courses opened in the towns of Batman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Van in January 2004 (following Law No. 625 on opening private courses to teach languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives), they all closed down in 2005 due to &quot; financial difficulties &quot; .
Whereas private Kurdish-language courses opened in the towns of Batman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Van in January 2004 (following Law No. 625 on opening private courses to teach languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives), they all closed down in 2005 due to &quot; financial difficulties &quot; .