ns from the books included on the “100 Essential Readings” list, comprising children’s and world literature as well as Turkish classics recommended to school children.
Some publishers had inserted Islamist ideology into the translations, making alterations in such classics as Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” Spyri’s “Heidi” and Collodi’s “Pinocchio.”
Some of the books on the list, printed with the ministry-approved logo, were either distorted to reflect the publishers’ often religious ideology or included obscene words and phrases.
The scandal grew further when newspapers discovered that a riddle book for kids bearing the ministry logo features brainteasers using obscene terminology, including vulgar language depicting male reproductive organs….
The Ministry of Education logo on the books suggest they are approved and recommended to school children by the ministry, but Çelik said his ministry had approved only the list of books to be recommended and not their versions published by private publishing houses.
“We cannot check the content of the books every day. But if there is slang and swear words, we will sue them for using the ministry logo,” he said in the eastern province of Van….
In Dumas’ “Three Musketeers,” D’Artagnan while on his way to see Aramis is stopped by an old woman who explains: “You can’t see him right now. He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness.”
Eleanor H. Porter’s “Pollyanna” confirms her belief in the Muslim apocalypse, while La Fontaine’s fisherman prays using Muslim terminology to catch more fish.
Spyri’s Swiss orphan Heidi is told by Ms. Sesasman that “praying is relaxing.”
“Invented” phrases employing Muslim terminology were also inserted into classics from masters such as Anton Chekhov and Oscar Wilde.
“I can resist everything except the will of Allah“?
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