Nobel Prize not awarded objectively, Erdoğan says
Turkish president ramps up his criticism of international institutions Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has continued his criticism of various international institutions, claiming that âeven the Nobel Prize is not awarded objectively.â
"Do not hope for objective points of view in a world where international institutions decide according to their own ideologies, politics and beliefs. Is the Nobel awarded objectively? No. Does the UN Security Council make objective decisions? No, never," said ErdoÄan, speaking at the Presidential Awards Ceremony on Dec. 3.
With his latest criticism, the president has slammed the Nobel Committee for the second time. He also blasted the committee in August 2013, for awarding the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to Egyptian politician Mohammad ElBaradei, who he said had âsided with the makers of the military coupâ in Egypt.
âWe cannot abandon our cinema, literature and art. Turkey cannot silently watch while hegemons write the history of arts and science,â ErdoÄan said on Dec. 3.
His words come one day after heralding a revamped curriculum for schools in Turkey, after complaining that students know about foreign figures like Albert Einstein but not Muslim and Turkish ones. Last month, ErdoÄan instructed Turkeyâs educational institutions to highlight the contribution of Islam to global science and arts, including âthe discovery of the American continent by Muslim sailors 300 years before Columbus.â
In his Dec. 3 speech, ErdoÄan also criticized the U.N. Security Council for allowing âonly five major powers to effectively make all decisions,â Anadolu Agency reported. "The UN, which was established on the post-World War I international system, is...
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