An angry mob attacked activists and parents who demanded secular education, during a protest against the new educational curriculum provisioning more religious education in Turkey.
[mks_dropcap style="letter" size="52" bg_color="#ffffff" txt_color="#000000"]E[/mks_dropcap]ducation Movement had called for a protest against educational curriculum changes, starting at 5 pm in Istanbul's Kadıköy -a pro-secular district which would not be a site for violent protests. The protest would have simultaneous action in other cities such as Ankara and İzmir. As the protest group started gathering, a counter-protest group also formed. The violent mob equipped with iron-clubs and stones attacked the education activists and parents who demanded a more secular curriculum to be in place for 18 million students in Turkey. [embed]https://twitter.com/dokuz8_EN/status/908719053996511234[/embed]