01.04.2025 11:00
It was claimed that students who gathered at a high school in Ankara to read Atatürk's Address to the Youth were expelled from school. CHP Gaziantep Deputy Hasan Öztürkmen, who shared the relevant footage, asked Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin about the news that also appeared on some news websites.
A group of students gathered at Rıdvan Binnaz Ege Anatolian High School in Ankara to read Atatürk's Address to the Youth. It is claimed that students who were prevented by teachers were given expulsion penalties.
"YES YOUNG PEOPLE, WE ARE CUTTING THIS"
The footage shows students gathered in the garden reading the Address to the Youth. During this time, a teacher intervened, saying to the students, "Yes young people, we are cutting this," and it is heard that he told the person recording the video, "Son, come here." At that moment, another teacher is heard scolding the children, saying, "Go, go."
ASKED MINISTER TEKİN ABOUT THE ALLEGATION
CHP Gaziantep Deputy Hasan Öztürkmen, who shared the footage of the moments when the address was read on his X account, asked Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin about the news that appeared in some media outlets.
REPLIED "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ANCESTOR"
CHP's Öztürkmen noted the following regarding the allegation: "It is claimed that students who collectively read the Address to the Youth at an Anatolian High School in Ankara were given expulsion penalties. It is reported that a student who received a penalty said, 'What part of this is a crime? You are being disrespectful to the appointment,' to which the assistant principal reportedly replied, 'I don't care about your ancestor.'
"WHAT IS THIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL'S PROBLEM?"
No educator, no Turk can have a problem with the reading of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Address to the Youth. What is this assistant principal's problem? Have you opened an investigation into this?"