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Erdogan gradually pushing the Islamist agenda.
Re. Evolution:
Islamists and the Christian right are on the same page.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ools-to-stop-teaching-evolution-official-says
"Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says"
"Board of education chairman says subject is debatable, controversial and too complicated for students"
Re. "too complicated for students"
Well that is subjective. Some Mathematics and Physics can also seem "too complicated" . The truth is that those making this "too complicated" claim are ideologically opposed to teaching the theory of evolution, so they concoct excuses.
Re. Evolution:
Islamists and the Christian right are on the same page.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ools-to-stop-teaching-evolution-official-says
"Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says"
"Board of education chairman says subject is debatable, controversial and too complicated for students"
Re. "too complicated for students"
Well that is subjective. Some Mathematics and Physics can also seem "too complicated" . The truth is that those making this "too complicated" claim are ideologically opposed to teaching the theory of evolution, so they concoct excuses.
Evolution will no longer be taught in Turkish schools, a senior education official has said, in a move likely to raise the ire of the country’s secular opposition.
Alpaslan Durmuş, who chairs the board of education, said evolution was debatable, controversial and too complicated for students.
“We believe that these subjects are beyond their [students] comprehension,” said Durmuş in a video published on the education ministry’s website.
Durmuş said a chapter on evolution was being removed from ninth grade biology course books, and the subject postponed to the undergraduate period. Another change to the curriculum may reduce the amount of time that students spend studying the legacy of secularism.