Ankara, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Ramadan school rules stir Turkey secular education debate

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2026-03-18

When Soner Akbal dropped his daughter at school last month, he had no idea he would become the centre of a heated controversy over religious influence within Turkey's secular education system. A 40-year-old forklift driver who lives in the northwestern city of Kocaeli, Akbal was just about to leave when the school bell sounded -- and he realised it had been replaced by a Muslim religious chant. So he went straight up to the head teacher in the p......

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