15.04.2026 19:07
Ali Yalçın, President of Memur-Sen and Eğitim Bir-Sen, regarding the armed attacks organized in schools in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, said, 'Classes should be suspended in schools this week. Students and teachers should not go to school until school security is ensured. The Ministry of National Education should urgently close schools, including Friday, immediately.'
Ali Yalçın, President of Memur-Sen and Eğitim Bir-Sen, called on the Ministry of National Education following armed attacks organized in schools in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş.
Yalçın said, "Classes should be suspended in schools this week. Students and teachers should not go to school as long as school security is not ensured. We were virtually devastated by the school attack from Kahramanmaraş before we could get over the sorrow and shock of the school raid in Siverek. It is not possible for education workers to continue education services with this shattered psychology, and for families to send their children to schools. The Ministry of National Education must urgently close schools, including Friday, immediately."
BACK-TO-BACK ATTACKS IN SCHOOLS
Turkey was shaken by school attacks occurring on two consecutive days. Armed attacks in Siverek district of Şanlıurfa and in Kahramanmaraş brought security debates in educational institutions back to the agenda.
In an attack on a high school in Siverek district of Şanlıurfa, 16 people were injured as a former student entered the school with a shotgun and opened fire. The attacker ended his life after the incident.
In Ayser Çalık Middle School in Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş, this time an 8th-grade student carried out an armed attack. The attacker, entering two classrooms and opening fire, caused the death of 9 people and the injury of 13 people. It was announced that the attacker committed suicide after the incident.
While extensive investigations were launched after both incidents, authorities announced that the attacks were being examined in all aspects.