AKP Government Floods the Islamist Imam-Hatip High Schools With Funds; Other High Schools Can’t Heat Classrooms For Lack Of Funds

Cumhuriyet reported that the Ministry of National Education pays half of the total budget for Turkey’s 2,839 high schools to 455 Imam Hatip Islamist schools. While these Islamist schools cannot find where to spend a surplus of 44% of the allocated funds, other high schools are unable to buy fuel to heat their classrooms where teaching is done in freezing cold conditions.

Source: Cumhuriyet, Turkey, December 28, 2007