Students from various universities of South Azerbaijan continue to demand Turkish language education.

The students of Azad University wrote a letter to Nadir Asadhi, who now serves as the rector of the university, demanding the teaching of Turkish language and literature.

The letter was signed by 250 students. Student letters are signed with real names and student codes.

In the letter it was stated that Turkish language and literature were taught in a number of universities in South Azerbaijan and this topic should also be taught at Azad University.

Tebriz, Tebriz Azad, Maragha, Urmiye and Urmiye Teknoloji Üniversitesi started to teach Turkish language and literature after many years of struggle. Recently Azerbaijan Cultural University has been allowed to teach this subject. Turkish language lessons are not compulsory for students, but many students choose this course voluntarily.

Article 15 of the Iranian Constitution, adopted after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, states that Persian is the official language of the country, but that other local languages ​​are not impeding learning. According to this article, the teaching of Turkish should be started not from the university but from the primary schools. However, the rights to have education in the mother tongue of indigenous ethnic groups are not accepted despite the constitution, and Article 15 has not been applied until now. Nowadays, many people live in prison in Iran because they are defending their mother tongue.