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ANKARA Turkey’s communications director reacted Thursday to a court ruling on the closure of Quran courses in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), saying the decision “is the product of an ideological and dogmatic mind.” "To interpret secularism in such a shallow and wrong way is a step towards abolishing fundamental rights and freedoms," Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter, referring to the Constitutional Court of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s objection regarding the authority of the Presidency of Religious Affairs concerning education of the Quran. He went on to say...