Izmir provincial education authority pledges to expel ‘communist, atheist teachers’ [View all]

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'There are atheist and communist teachers in schools. If you put your children in their hands they will try to explain Darwin’s theory,' İzmir Provincial Director of Education Vefa Bardakçı was quoted as saying.

October/16/2014
ANKARA

Threatening statements issued by a provincial education official against “communist and atheist teachers” have prompted an opposition lawmaker to ask Turkey’s education minister whether the official’s suspension is being considered.

“Communists are giving courses and brainwashing children. I will never let my students be brainwashed … My friends, you should say ‘get out’ to these communists and get rid of them,” İzmir Provincial Director of Education Vefa Bardakçı was quoted saying in a motion filed by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Mustafa Moroğlu.

“There are atheist and communist teachers in schools. If you put your children in their hands they will try to explain Darwin’s theory,” Bardakçı also allegedly stated.

He is said to have delivered the statements at a Sept. 20 meeting with secondary and high school principals from religious vocational İmam-Hatip schools in the western province of İzmir.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/izmir-provincial-education-authority-pledges-to-expel-communist-atheist-teachers.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73069&NewsCatID=341

I suppose a mindset rooted in the 1950s is better than a mindset rooted in the ninth century.