# What is the geometry problem banned by the Turkish government? [closed]

It is being reported recently (example) that the Turkish government has banned a geometry textbook because the letters $FG$, which are the initials of an alleged plotter of the 2016 coup d'etat attempt, appear as a line in a diagram.

What is the problem or diagram that was suppressed? What is the textbook?

## closed as off-topic by Henning Makholm, Pedro Tamaroff♦Oct 20 '16 at 21:45

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• "This question is not about mathematics, within the scope defined in the help center." – Henning Makholm, Pedro Tamaroff
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• Not a mathematical question. Please move to the appropriate rubric. – user8960 Oct 20 '16 at 21:34
• It is within the scope of (popular-math) (reference-request) such as other questions asking about math references from the Simpsons. – zyx Oct 20 '16 at 21:36
• Yes. Thanks. Link added to question. @EvanAad – zyx Oct 20 '16 at 22:34
• My initial reaction would be to ask this on Skeptics. – Asaf Karagila Oct 20 '16 at 22:40
• @EvanAad, it leads to the article after some delay. I converted it to an archive.org link. – zyx Oct 20 '16 at 22:56

• @zyx: Running the Turkish article through Google Translate, it does not appear that the article states that the textbook under consideration was a geometry textbook. All it says is that it was a mathematics textbook ("Matematik kitabında"), and that the offensive problem started with "From point $F$ to point $G$" ("$F$ noktasından $G$ noktasına doğru"). It might have been an Algebra textbook with a problem along the lines of "A train goes from point $F$ to point $G$ at $100$ mph." – Evan Aad Oct 20 '16 at 22:03