Turkey: Curriculum reform at the centre of controversies One month before the beginning of the school year in Turkey, the reform of the curriculum in schools remains a controversial subject, after the Turkish Ministry of Education decided to withdraw the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution. In the wake of last year's failed coup bid, authorities embarked on the biggest purge in Turkey's history, arresting 50,000 people and sacking almost three times that number. They include judges, teachers, doctors and members of the armed forces. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES