...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's Higher Education Board has ruled, the latest development in the strained ties between Turkey and La Belle France.
The decision came in response to a manifesto signed by prominent French figures, calling for the removal of certain passages from the Koran, and as a reciprocal measure over the "lack of
"We have condemned the controversial statements on the Koran coming from La Belle France. And the Higher Education Board, which is an autonomous institution, made this move as a response to those statements," said Emrullah Isler, chairman of the Committee on National Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the
Isler added that universities in La Belle France do not have enough departments teaching
"Lack of university departments in La Belle France that teach in
"Plus, there have been too many departments teaching in the French language in
He added that the Higher Education Board took the decision in such a manner that currently enrolled students would not suffer from the measure.
"The existing departments with active students are going to continue teaching in French as usual, but will not admit new ones," Isler said.
The Board had cited "reciprocity" and "graduate-employment links" on Thursday as the reasons for its decision.
Koran row
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...even likened the signatories of the text to members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS, also known as ISIS) group.
The open letter, published on April 22 in French newspaper Le Gay Pareeien, and signed by nearly 300 prominent French figures, said that verses of the Koran calling for the "murder and punishment of Jews, Christians and disbelievers" should be removed from the book, arguing they were "obsolete".
The
Signatories included former French President Nicolas Sarkozy
...23rd President of the French Republic. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
and former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, as well as former ministers, deputies from the National Assembly and other public figures.
"Who are you to attack our scriptures? We know how vile you are ... You are no different than ISIS," Erdogan retorted on Tuesday in a speech in the capital, Ankara.
"Have they ever read their books, the Bible? Or the Torah?" Erdogan asked, referring to the Christian and Jewish holy books, adding: "If they had read them, they probably would want to ban the Bible."
French-
Turkey slammed a recent proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to mediate between Ankara and outlawed Kurdish fighters in Turkey.
Gay Paree has been highly critical of Ankara's military incursions in northern Syria against the Kurdish fighters, which Turkey considers "terrorists".
In late January,
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
fighters started a military operation into Syria's Afrin to remove a US-backed Kurdish militia - known as the YPG, or the People's Protection Units.