CURRICULUM GETS CHANGES
Hurriyet
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Jan 22 2009
Turkey
ANKARA – Turkish students will no longer be taught with phrases
such as "baseless" or "so-called Armenian genocide" while studying
Turkish-Armenian relations, daily Milliyet reported yesterday. Instead,
the 8th grade text books that cover the issue will refer to what some
claim as genocide as the "1915 events."
The Coordination Board to Fight Baseless Genocide Claims, or ASÄ°MKK,
the Education Ministry and the Head Council of Education and Morality,
or TTK, conducted a common study on the issue.
In line with the views of ASÄ°MKK, the 8th grade curriculum of the
course "Revolution History and Kemalism" was amended. Statements on the
Armenian issue, which is taught in the seventh unit of the book under
the title "Turkey after Ataturk: Post World War II", were rearranged.
The former curriculum’s statement that "historical development of
Turkish-Armenian relations and Armenian allegations will be taught,"
has been replaced by a new one saying that "Turkish-Armenian relations,
1915 events and related Armenian allegations will be taught."
TTK authorities said the amendment was made in the content of the
curriculum.
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