Editor of Turkish Scientific Journal Reportedly Is Sacked for Darwin Cover Story

by E Wayne Ross on March 12, 2009

Hurriyet: 200 years after Darwin, 83 years after Scopes

ANKARA – A last-minute decision to pull Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, off the cover of a top Turkish scientific journal and the chief editor off the job has fueled criticism that Turkey’s national research council is too politicized.