"Educating Turkey
Nazlan Ertan
nazlanertan@thenewanatolian.com
18 November 2006
The week, between the two key congresses of the right wing, was dominated by an issue just as explosive as the congresses itself: education.
Admittedly, education has always been the Achilles' heel of this government, and The New Anatolian certainly offers its tentative praise to Huseyin Celik, who managed to keep his post as education minister despite all the objections from the military, higher education officials and the public. Erkan Mumcu, who now has his eyes on the prime ministry, failed miserably in his short tenure as education minister, attracting both the anger and the scorn of university professors, who referred to him as 'rookie' or 'the boy.'"
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