Turkish schools to stop teaching evolution, official says
(The Guardian Turkey)

Board of education chairman says subject is `debatable, controversial and too complicated for students´ 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 Durmus, 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 Durmus in a video published on the education ministry´s website. Continue reading...