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Darwin brushed out of Turkish scientific journal

Published: 11 March, 2009, 15:35


The removal of an article devoted to Darwin from a Turkish scientific journal just before publication, as well as the dismissal of its chief editor, has sparked criticism over ‘censorship’ and ‘politization’.

 
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AXL July 24, 2009, 17:23 quote
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The significance here is the growing, glowering darkness of todays anti-science/pro-religious dogma movement in Turkey, countering the modern islamic renaissance of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. A parallel to the U S Republican Party's own "Born Agin" salafist movement intent on holy destruction and terror of a christian al Quaeda. Cheers? Axl

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