Education in Turkey

A local middle school principal has been suspended after he allegedly shared a post on his Facebook account humiliating and cursing seculars, while vowing that an Islamic caliphate would return to Turkey by 2024, as part of a probe launched against him in the central Anatolian province of Nevşehir.

The second Talat Sait Halman Translation Award, which is given by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) in honor of Talat Sait Halman to support outstanding translations of literary works, was presented on Dec. 20 at a ceremony at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı building. 

Police carried out an investigative search at the Student Selection and Placement Center's (ÖSYM) top secret unit for preparation of questions for Turkey's central higher education exams, amid accusations of cheating leveled at the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

The 35th International Istanbul Book Fair will open on Nov. 12 at the TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center in the city's Büyükçekmece district.

This year's guest of honor, Germany, will be represented by 30 publishers, while 13 authors from the country will take part in events and discussions.

"And, Oh God, please protect us from the wickedness of the educated!"

That was how the imam intoned at the funeral for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's close friend Erol Olcak, his son Abdullah Olcak, and the photojournalist Mustafa Cambaz, who were killed by soldiers during the unsuccessful coup on July 15. 

An investigation has been launched into 4,900 teachers who participated in a work stoppage action in December 2015 in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, where clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces have continued for months. 

Turkey's ambitious educational technology project was hailed by the Council of Europe members, a Turkish Education Ministry official has told Anadolu Agency.        

The more than 100 victims of the twin Ankara blasts have been commemorated in Istanbul and Ankara one month after the deadly attack.

Five police officers face from one to three years in prison each for cuffing a young boy under the age 18, who protested Turkey's top higher education body in Ankara with others in March this year.

The Turkish government will deliver 10,600 tablet PCs in the next four years, beginning from 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said, noting that the production of the equipment would be conducted both in Turkey and abroad.