Türkiye decides to revise textbook terminology
The Turkish Education Ministry has decided to revise a series of frequently used expressions in school textbooks, while also launching a province-specific curriculum project, local media has reported.
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“There are some concepts imposed on us within our curriculum that we are not even aware of. For example, something that may seem very harmless to you is that in our history books we are taught it as the Crusades,” Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said this week, referring to a series of military campaigns launched by the Papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers.
“It may sound harmless in our literature, but when we say ‘campaign,’ it sounds acceptable, almost benign. However, it was an attack. Therefore, we have removed the term ‘Crusades’ from the curriculum and replaced it with ‘Crusader Attacks.” That is the correct term,” he said.
