Special Report - With more Islamic schooling, Erdogan aims to reshape Turkey

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - On a hill overlooking Istanbul is a religious school where, 50 years ago, a boy from a working class district attended classes in Islam. The boy was Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's future president. The school was one of the first Imam Hatip schools, founded by the state to educate young men to be imams and preachers.

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