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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Germany, which is home to 2.7 million people of Turkish descent, found Turkish-medium schools. The novel idea took Chancellor Angela Merkel by surprise.
"Knowledge knows no borders." That's what Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told a group of Turkish and German students gathered at the German chancellory on Friday.
It certainly sounds like a nice idea, but the reality of national borders makes things a tad more complicated when it comes to actual educational systems. Hence Erdogan's suggestion that Germany should found Turkish-medium high schools and universities came as a bit of a surprise to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was also present at the question-and-answer session.