Why is the literacy rate so low in turkey?

Answer 1

There are a number of reasons why literacy is worse in the Moslem World. It is important to note, however, that a number of the problems faced in the Moslem World are not restricted to the Moslem World. Much of the Developing World faces similar problems as concerns literacy.

1) Arabic Writing: Arabic is a difficult language to learn how to write for a variety reasons. Firstly, Arabs currently only write in proper Arabic which is a language that few if any Arabs speak as a mother tongue. (The English equivalent of proper Arabic would be Shakespearean.) Secondly, the modern dialects have no corresponding or agreed-upon spelling techniques or language academies to standardize them and creates confusion when trying to write something because neither the proper Arabic alphabet or the Roman alphabet can accommodate all sounds in the dialects. (This lack of organization is similar to the non-Castillian languages of Spain before 1900.) Thirdly, governments in the Arab World actively resist the institution of academies and mechanisms to standardize and write the dialects because of the persistence of Arab Nationalism and the fear that if Arabs acknowledge that they speak different languages, they will lack unity. Finally, the Arabic script itself has various physical forms that the letters can take and is a consonantal language, making spelling difficult to master.

2) Large Rural Populations: Many Moslems live outside of the cities and main sources of education. Even in those places where schools exist in rural areas, they rarely have books in enough quantity to teach kids how to read properly.

3) Reading is Not Condoned: Many Moslems see reading as a leisure activity that normal people should not do except possibly on vacation. It is time wasted that could be spent earning more money or looking after their families. Moslem leaders (like Imams and Clerics) do not tell their congregations the value of reading non-religious texts and community elders prefer oral transmission of stories. Greece translates more books into Greek annually (11 million people) than the entire Arab World (>300 million people) in the same time frame.

Answer 2

war, war, poverty, lack pf national leadership and cultural obstacles to woman education are the reason way literacy rate is so low in Afghanistan