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    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    Dec 21 2012


    Dinçer becomes first education minister to visit Armenian school


    21 December 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM, Ä°STANBUL,

    With his historic visit to Pangaltı Armenian School in İstanbul's
    Å?iÅ?li district on Wednesday, Education Minister Ã-mer Dinçer became the
    first Turkish education minister to visit an Armenian school in
    history.
    Dinçer's visit was paid to return a visit last year in which students
    from the school came to Dinçer's office to request that unfriendly
    references to Armenians be removed from school textbooks.

    In his speech at the school, Dinçer also said that the government will
    do its best to provide religious education to its citizens from all
    faiths.

    Furthermore, Dinçer addressed a recent amendment to the university
    entrance exam, in which religious questions were inserted, saying that
    this move was misrepresented to the public. He said religious
    questions have always been asked under a different category for years,
    but this time it was separately categorized and that students from
    minority religious groups will not be asked these questions, which are
    based on Islam.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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