Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books

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."

Comments

Re:Note to myself:

[Concerned Onlooker]

Really. Have you ever been to that town?

Wow

[grasshoppa]

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

Glad I live in 'merica. FUCK YA!

Re:This is a country that wants in the EU

[rainmouse]

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

Science flies you to the moon.

Religion flies you into buildings.

Re:This is a country that wants in the EU

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Science has provided us everything that religion has historically promised,

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

Re:This is a country that wants in the EU

[turbidostato]

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

I'm an Archaeopteryx, you insensitive clod