[1][2] In 2009, the university was allowed to open a Kurdish language department by the Higher Education Board.

[3] Before, the Kurdish language was banned for long periods of time in Turkey.

[3] In 2011, MAU was the first university to have a Kurdish language and literature department.

[4] By 2014, about 900 students have graduated from the Kurdish language department.

[5] It also teaches Aramaic: Classical Syriac and modern Surayt.