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August 13 - Turkish Gov't Converts Secular Public Schools Into Sunni Religious Schools

It's getting to be back to school time in Turkey, too, and rarely have education issues been so hotly disputed.  That's because the Turkish government is shutting secular public schools and re-opening them as Sunni religious schools called imam-hatips.  Istanbul-based journalist Xanthe Ackerman explained to KSFR's Dave Marash on HERE AND THERE how big a change that represents.