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Turkey focuses on improving quality of education

ANKARA, 10 Sep 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Turkey is focused on developing its quality of education, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an opening ceremony of 2019-2020 academic year. "We now need to focus on issues which require more effort and time such as improving quality of education," said Erdogan in a high school in Istanbul. National Education Ministry's budget increased from 7.5 billion Turkish liras (around $1.3 billion) to 114 billion Turkish liras (nearly $19.9 billion) since the ruling Justice and Development Party came to power in 2002, Erdogan said. "We have expanded the scholarship opportunities to our students, especially to those who lack financial resources, to ensure equal and fair access to education opportunities," said Erdogan, adding that they distribute free textbooks in all

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UAE lobbying US Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey

WASHINGTON, 17 Dec 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The United Arab Emirates is lobbying the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to documents reviewed by Anadolu Agency Monday. An email from Charles Johnson, a partner with the UAE-hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lobbying group, that was sent the week after the House of Representatives passed its own sanctions legislation seeks to drum up support within the vital Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the chamber to follow suit. "Andrew & Matt - I am reaching out on behalf of our client, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, to underscore the UAE's condemnation of Turkish aggression in Syria and support for sanctions measures against Turkey such as the House-passed 'Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act,'" Johnson writes in the

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Ethiopian Muslims urge probe into torching of mosques

ADDIS ABABA, 26 Dec 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Muslims in Ethiopia condemned the weekend torching of mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the country. A demonstration on Tuesday in Jijjiga, a Muslim-dominated city in the east, urged an investigation into the arson attacks. Over the weekend, four mosques and a church were burned down by angry mobs and a clash between the Christian and Muslim communities erupted in Mota city of the Amhara regional state. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the burning of the places of worship was the work of “extremists” calling the act “unacceptable". In a tweet, he described the attacks as "attempts by extremists to breakdown our rich history of religious tolerance and coexistence". This was followed by a statement from Attorney General Berhanu

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