Turkey's Science Research Council Stops Publication of Evolution Books 444
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."
Re:Note to myself: (Score:5, Funny)
Really. Have you ever been to that town?
Wow (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!
You can lead a horticulture (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow, I thought we (the US) was the only standou (Score:4, Funny)
Bad tempered crazy Sky God is going to zap you with a thunderbolt for saying that.
Or not....
Why did Constantinople get the works? (Score:2, Funny)
They say you can't argue with stupid. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This is a country that wants in the EU (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.
Re:This is a country that wants in the EU (Score:2, Funny)
"Science flies you to the moon."
I thought you needed Nazis for that.
Re:This is a country that wants in the EU (Score:5, Funny)
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 (Score:5, Funny)
"Actually, the theory of evolution doesn't fly you anywhere."
I'm an Archaeopteryx, you insensitive clod
Re:This is a country that wants in the EU (Score:0, Funny)
It's not unusual to find 72 virgins in a science lab.