Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Plans to abolish "prep schools" in Turkey have sparked a huge feud between two of the country's most powerful forces on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
Showing posts with label Prep Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prep Schools. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Islamic scholar Gülen urges followers to stick to path despite attacks
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen called on his followers on Monday to “just keep walking and not stop” in the face of controversial government plans to abolish privately-funded educational institutions known as dershanes, which assist medium and high school students to prepare for national college and university admission examinations.
"Turkish government defiant as battle over prep schools rises"
The tension recently peaked, with Erdoğan describing the group’s objection to his government’s plans as a “smear campaign.”
