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Monday, September 24, 2012

Opponents of Turkey's extra years in class cite attack on secular schooling - The National

Opponents of Turkey's extra years in class cite attack on secular schooling

Thomas Seibert
Sep 25, 2012

ISTANBUL // Summer holidays are over but having to be back in class is not the reason why Sidar Kardogan, a 16-year-old high school student in Istanbul, is angry.

Along with some other students, Sidar recently spent a day handing out leaflets criticising the government's education policy. A poster with a picture of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and slogans against Mr Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was taped to their booth on Istiklal Caddesi, a popular shopping street in central Istanbul.

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