Erdogan on Launching Universities for Women

At the foreign students’ graduation ceremony, held at the congress center in the Turkish capital Ankara on July 3, Recep Tayyp Erdogan, the President of the country and the AK Party was among the guests. He addressed the audience and congratulated all the 1,500 students, attending the event.

While delivering the speech, Erdogan called on the representatives of the country’s education sector to start working on the possible launch of the women’s universities, representing an example of Japan, where “10% of the Japan’s 800 universities are for women.”

“80 out of 800 universities of Japan are for women, comprising only of girls,” stated the Turkish President, adding that Japan has launched a different structure in education. “I would like to remind the head of YÖK (Higher Education Council) to work accordingly. Turkey should also make the similar step.”

Ahval, a trilingual media platform on Turkey, has also reported that Erdogan, who is a supporter of gender-segregated İmam Hatip religious schools of Turkey, “increased the schools’ funding by 68 percent last year, to reach $1.5 billion,” noting that more than a decade ago there were 450 schools of this type, whereas during the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdogan their number has increased up to 4,500.

By Ketevan Kvaratskheliya

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