Education reforms divide Turkey
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul
Turkish girls read books at the library©Reuters
Preparing glasses of tea with leathery hands, Yasar says he has learnt to value education. He may run a hot drinks stall in Istanbul, but of his four daughters one is an engineer, another a teacher, the third is a lawyer and the last is still studying.
His family is a relative rarity in Turkey, a country where, according to the United Nations, only 24 per cent of women have jobs or are seeking them – half the level of the European Union average and less than in Algeria and Qatar.
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