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For every five schools, one mosque built in Turkey The number of mosques built in Turkey in the last four years was 2,436, a recent statement by the Directorate of Religious Affairs revealed and the number of classrooms built in the same span of time equaled 100,280. According to the Ministry of Education, eight classrooms make one school; which means the number of schools built totals 12,500-- or five times the number of new mosques built. Following a request by Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Ali Rıza Gülçiçek to determine how many mosques were built in the last 26 years, the directorate made a statement and revealed that nearly 30,000 mosques have been built since 1981. Between 1981-1983, when a military government was in power; 6,000 mosques were built, between 1984-1989, when Turgut Özal was the prime minister, 11,000 mosques were opened and during the Justice and Development Party's (Ak Party) government between 2003-2006, 2,436 mosques were built. The numbers revealed by head of the Religious Affairs Department, Ali Bardakoğlu proves wrong all claims that the number of mosques built during the four years of AK Party rule were higher than the number of schools. Another timely statement by Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik contributed to allaying the doubts. “Since the 100,280 classrooms, or 12,500 schools, built in cooperation by the state and the citizens started operating as buildings attached to already-active schools, they don't count as new schools,” he said The minister's statement also revealed that 2.5 million students began primary school this year, so the number of newly-built schools or buildings was still not at the required level. According to the ministry of education, 95,000 additional classrooms should be built at a cost of YTL 10 billion ($7 billion) to the state in order to provide all students the opportunity to receive education in a classroom environment of 30 students. A majority of the mosques --48,000 of them -- in Turkey are owned by incorporated bodies located in villages. The Directorate of Charitable Foundations has 5, 351 mosques, the Association of Religious Affairs 4,107, the Treasury 2,677, private associations 7,076, municipalities 5,241 and the Turkish Armed Forces 14 mosques while there are 3,376 privately-owned mosques. The total number of mosques in the country is estimated at 77,777. 31.01.2007 +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
