Turkish high School pupils will no longer be taught the theory of evolution.

The subject has been cut from the syllabus under changes made to eliminate “controversial” topics, the head of the national board of Teaching, Alpaslan Durmus, proclaimed in a video address.

“If our pupils don’t have the background, the scientific knowledge, or information to understand the debate around provocative matters, we have left them out,” Durmus said.

The new syllabus will go into influence for the 2017- 2018 school year.
It was made to emphasize national values and highlight aids made by Turkish and Muslim scholars, Durmus said.

History classes will look beyond “Eurocentrism” and music classes will emphasis on “all colors of Turkish music,” he said.

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