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Prep schools and civilized debate
Markar Esayan The prep-school debate has recently revisited Turkey's agenda after periodically ebbing and flowing since the 1980s. The prep-school sector, which is the product of the huge problems in...
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Turkish Cultural Center gives awards at Friendship Dinner
The Turkish Cultural Center of Vermont held its first Friendship Dinner and Award Ceremony Wednesday at Burlington Sheraton Hotel Conference Center in South Burlington.Gov. Shumlin (L) receives his...
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Atlantic Institute’s Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner
Atlantic Institute, Tennessee, held its 7th Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner at the historic Hermitage Hotel in the state’s capital, Nashville, on November 13th. The dinner saw the attendance of a...
View ArticleHistory will record this as well
Ekrem Dumanlı And this too shall pass and be overcome. As many other problems and painful experiences are left behind, this storm will also become part of history someday. We will be held to account...
View ArticleTerrorist organization seeks to fill void in Southeast after closure of prep...
Terrorist organizations are getting ready to fill the void in the education system in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated Southeast following the government's decision to shut down prep schools and study...
View ArticleEducation Ministry sought to profile students, teachers through surveys
A new document obtained by Today's Zaman suggests that the Education Ministry sought in 2012 to profile students and teachers at some prep schools based on their religious and ideological backgrounds...
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Turkish gov't profiling went on until 2013, report claims
The Turkish government profiled a large number of individuals whom it believed to be followers of certain religious and faith-based groups and monitored their activities up until 2013, a Turkish daily...
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Government replaces military in defamation tactics
Lale Kemal A Turkish daily's publication last week of a secret document dated to August, 2004 has sent shock waves through Turkish politics, which is becoming increasingly polarized ahead of the three...
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What really happened?
As debate on closure of prep schools across the country continued on Wednesday, a secret national security document recently discovered by a Turkish daily has revealed that Turkey's ruling Justice and...
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Turkish school leaves tight quarters for spacious former Wayne corporate...
WAYNE — Colorful desks and chairs fill the rooms, and lockers line the walls, but the campus of the ambitious Turkish school that moved to Wayne this year still looks a lot like the corporate offices...
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Governor asks Turkish organization to focus on Balochistan
The Governor of Balochistan Muhammad Khan Achakzai has asked a Turkish organization to pay special attention to promotion of education in the province of Balochistan. Provision of quality education in...
View ArticleAK Party vs. Cemaat?
Ali Ünal Of the many seemingly true claims that have been put forward in regards to the discussions that have come about surrounding the Turkish government’s attempt to close down exam prep-courses,...
View ArticleIgnoring public opposition, gov’t insists on closing prep schools
The Turkish deputy prime minister has said the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) will stick to its earlier plan to transform prep schools, known as dershanes, into private schools, and that it...
View ArticleToo Good to Be True
Emre Çelik When was the last time you heard that? I've heard it a few times -- here's the story. I am now in my fifth year in Washington, D.C., having immigrated from Australia. Here I have had the...
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Gov't profiling of individuals found unacceptable, unlawful
Human rights advocates and legal experts have voiced their uneasiness about claims suggesting that the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) has profiled individuals whom it believes to be...
View ArticleUnexpected consequences
Doğu Ergil The hottest debate in Turkey today is about the abolishment or, officially, the “transformation” of the private university prep schools. These are private enterprises. They are not schools...
View ArticleDeputy PM threatens Taraf, Baransu for covering controversial MGK docs
Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç on Monday called on prosecutors to take legal action against the Taraf daily and journalist Mehmet Baransu, who last week revealed a controversial National Security...
View ArticleArbitrary rule in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt On Nov. 18, in a Cabinet meeting that lasted more than seven hours, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the ban on private prep schools with his ministers for almost four...
View ArticleTurkey's 'black box' must be opened
Yavuz Baydar At this stage in time, the way major events are shaped in this country is simply maddening. The path toward democracy is steep and uphill, after the apparent deviation by Erdoğan who,...
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Behind the secret documents
Tuğba Aydın A story which was published by Taraf daily on Monday has shaken the country. According to the story, the Turkish government profiled a large number of individuals whom it believed to be...
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