忘却からの帰還〜Intelligent Design

A draft of a new national curriculum in Turkey omits evolution, according to soL international (January 15, 2017). A unit entitled "The Origin of Life and Evolution" will be replaced with a unit entitled "Living Beings and the Environment." The final decision on the curriculum is expected in February 2017.

"[T]he Minister of National Education, İsmet Yılmaz[,] said that the draft is open for feedback ... and the Evolution Theory is not an exception," soL International reported, adding, "Yılmaz claimed that 'whether it is scientific, merely a hypothesis, or just theoretical, all these are debatable.'"

The teaching of evolution has been periodically contentious in Turkey, owing in part to the efforts of Islamic fundamentalist groups and politicians. Perhaps as a result, Turkey enjoys the lowest rate of acceptance of evolution in the developed world, according (subscription required) to a 2005 study published in Science.

soL Internationalの報道によれば、トルコの新しい国家カリキュラムの原案は進化論を排除している。単元のタイトル「生命の起源と進化」は「生物と環境」に置き換えられる。カリキュラムの最終決定は2017年2月に行われる。

「全国教育相Ismet Yilmazは『原案はフィードバックを受け付ける。進化論も例外ではない。科学的であろうが、仮説に市議なかろうが、理論に過ぎなかろうが、すべて議論対象だ」と述べた。

イスラム原理主義団体と政治家の活動として、進化論教育は定期的にトルコで論争となってきた。結果として、トルコでは先進国で最低の進化論受容率となっている。

[ Glenn Branch: "Evolution education under attack in Turkey" (2017/01/20) on NCSE ]