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Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books

Posted by Soulskill on from the jesus-rode-tyrannosaurs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) has put a stop to the publication and sale of all books in its archives that support the theory of evolution, daily Radikal has reported. The books have long been listed as “out of stock” on TÜBTAK's website, but their further publication is now slated to be stopped permanently. Titles by Richard Dawkins, Alan Moorehead, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Levontin and James Watson are all included in the list of books that will no longer be available to Turkish readers. In early 2009, a huge uproar occurred when the cover story of a publication by TÜBITAK was pulled, reportedly because it focused on Darwin’s theory of evolution."

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  1. Re:Note to myself: by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really. Have you ever been to that town?

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  2. Wow by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a backwards country, to be so afraid of science as to effectively censor it.

    Glad I live in 'merica. FUCK YA!

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  3. You can lead a horticulture by kawabago · · Score: 3, Funny

    but you can't make her think. Dorothy Parker

  4. Re:Wow, I thought we (the US) was the only standou by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad tempered crazy Sky God is going to zap you with a thunderbolt for saying that.

    Or not....

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  5. Why did Constantinople get the works? by zawarski · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thats nobodies business but the Turkey's Science Research Council .

  6. They say you can't argue with stupid. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I fear there will be fewer and fewer people to argue with and it won't be a good thing.

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  7. Re:This is a country that wants in the EU by rainmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Islam has been growing there, this is not unusual thing for Islamic countries.

    Science flies you to the moon.

    Religion flies you into buildings.

  8. Re:This is a country that wants in the EU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Science flies you to the moon."

    I thought you needed Nazis for that.

  9. Re:This is a country that wants in the EU by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Science has provided us everything that religion has historically promised,

    Are my 72 virgins still growing in the lab or something?

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  10. Re:This is a country that wants in the EU by turbidostato · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Actually, the theory of evolution doesn't fly you anywhere."

    I'm an Archaeopteryx, you insensitive clod

  11. Re:This is a country that wants in the EU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It's not unusual to find 72 virgins in a science lab.