Turkey is going downhill fast. It is actually 3 countries in the bosom of a crazy Islamic dictator.
Be careful what you say about him, he's being suing people around the world for saying nasty things about him. (check the Boehmermann affair in Germany)
‘OUTRAGEOUS!’ Germany's fury as teachers 'banned from even MENTIONING Christmas in class'
GERMAN politicians have reacted with open fury after teachers at a school for expat children in Turkey were reportedly banned from even mentioning Christmas in the classroom.
Berlin expressed complete dismay at the draconian ruling apparently made by officials in Istanbul, saying it was an example of how the country is turning into an ”Islamic dictatorship" under president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In an internal email, sent out by school management and reported by German media, teachers were allegedly ordered not to put up Christmas decorations in classrooms or teach their pupils anything about the festive season.
The instructions were reportedly so severe that teachers are banned from mentioning the topic of Christmas altogether. According to Deutsche Welle, the email told teachers there must be "no sharing of Christmas traditions and Christian festivals in lessons, Christmas must not be treated as a subject and you must not sing Christmas songs".
School leaders have strongly denied the claims, which have received widespread attention in Germany, saying they are "not a reflection of the reality".
The reported decision, by management at the Istanbul Lisesi school, has sparked particular outrage because the institution receives funding from Angela Merkel’s government.
And it has reignited the debate about Mr Erdogan’s increasingly hard line on religion, with Turkey rapidly abandoning its secular traditions in favour of more Islamist governance.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...kel-teachers-banned-Christmas-Istanbul-school
