"The AKP Government's Attempt to Move Turkey From Secularism to Islamism (Part I): The Clash With Turkey's Universities
Since the ascension to power of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party [1] in 2002, there has been a rift between the government and Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) on various issues.
Prior to the 2002 election, the AKP promised its Islamic electorate that it would end the ban on Islamic headscarves in the universities, and that the graduates of Turkey's Imam Hatip religious schools would be accepted into the universities. "
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