Albania school incident fuels scrutiny of Erdogan’s controversial Maarif network

Albania school incident fuels scrutiny of Erdogan’s controversial Maarif network

Levent Kenez/Stockholm A confrontation between a school director and students at a Turkish-run private school in Albania has triggered public backlash and renewed scrutiny of the Turkish government-backed Maarif Foundation, a global education network operating across dozens of countries. Video footage recorded at the Maarif Elbasan campus shows the school’s director, Turkish national Fatih Konuksever, taking food from students near the entrance …