Zeynep, her husband Eydin and their two children moved to Istanbul from Konya five years ago. Zeynep is an event organizer at a private company, Eydin teaches at a university in Istanbul. Their children are students there. I met them at a dinner honoring attendees of a conference on the effects of the Arab Spring on the Middle East. Both are Muslim. Zeynep, elegantly dressed and wearing a silk head...
Turkey putting faith in its religious education
Representatives from the ruling party and from opposition parties have been working on a constitution that would replace the current one, which was written in 1980 after the military coup. One of the main sticking points is the issue of religion, including the place of religious education.
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