22 Mart 2009 Pazar

"Viva la Evolution"

In this last month, an event that could actually be called as disgrace happened in Turkey. To be precise it isn't a single event that will be discussed here but two. An organization known as TUBITAK that is responsible for the promotion of scientific researches nation wide in Turkey releases a magazine that announces the new achievements made and publishes researches about various topics. To celebrate the birthday Charles Darwin a research was issued about the evolution theory. Yet what happened was totally outrageous, the whole issue about Darwin was removed from the magasin and his picture was removed from the cover page. It took the criticism from a majority of the society. It was very ironic for a science magasin to actually ban the presence of one of the founders of the modern science studies from its pages!
The second even that's such outraging as the first one is actually more fearsome as it reflects the stance of the government on Darwinism. In an international forum ,similar to the World Economy Forum in example, the representer of the Turkish government publicly announced that the Darwinian Evolution theoy was a fraud, false and to be aggressively dealth with.
What is this supposed to mean? This is a forum where the delegates are supposed to discuss the Darwinism theory objectively in a manner of civilised rules. On the contrary the Turkish delegate claimed the floor without permission started a speech, ignored the mediators and even continued to yell out his personal beliefs or the governments to be accurate without even a microphone.
Wow, this requires some guts as it expresses how back we have gone in civilization. All I can say is Viva la Evolution. I congradulate the students of ODTU (Middle East Technic University) and everyone who protested the stance of TUBITAK and the government in DARWINISM!

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