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TURKEY'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY URGES CHANGES TO SCHOOLS REGULATIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2012 - 11:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian community is preparing to submit
a report to the Turkish education minister, requesting certain
modifications to the regulations at minority schools, Hurriyet Daily
News reports.
In a report to Education Minister Omer Dincer, the Armenian community
will demand the abolition of the practice of appointing Turkish deputy
principals to minority schools. The report will also demand that the
terms of offices of Turkish language and Turkish history teachers be
determined by the schools themselves.
Karekin Barsamyan, the elementary school principal of Private Pangalti
(Mihitaryan) Armenian High School in Istanbul's NiÅ~_antaÅ~_ı
neighborhood, said they had taken important steps to resolving the
problems, as a result of a series of negotiations they had so far
held with Ankara.
Barsamyan said the difference of opinions between Armenian principals
and Turkish deputy principals had caused some major problems in the
past. "Actually, according to the current regulations, we are able
to choose our own deputy principals and teachers. We only want to
legalize this regulation," he said.
Silva Kuyumcuyan, the principal of the Armenian School in Karaköy,
also contributed to the report. "It is true that we are not currently
experiencing the problems that we faced in past. We only demand
equal citizenship. We demand that the regulations of other schools
are practiced in our schools," he said.
In Istanbul, there are 14 elementary schools, five high schools and
one kindergarten belonging to the Armenian community. There were 3,000
students registered in these schools during the last school year,
HDN says.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2012 - 11:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian community is preparing to submit
a report to the Turkish education minister, requesting certain
modifications to the regulations at minority schools, Hurriyet Daily
News reports.
In a report to Education Minister Omer Dincer, the Armenian community
will demand the abolition of the practice of appointing Turkish deputy
principals to minority schools. The report will also demand that the
terms of offices of Turkish language and Turkish history teachers be
determined by the schools themselves.
Karekin Barsamyan, the elementary school principal of Private Pangalti
(Mihitaryan) Armenian High School in Istanbul's NiÅ~_antaÅ~_ı
neighborhood, said they had taken important steps to resolving the
problems, as a result of a series of negotiations they had so far
held with Ankara.
Barsamyan said the difference of opinions between Armenian principals
and Turkish deputy principals had caused some major problems in the
past. "Actually, according to the current regulations, we are able
to choose our own deputy principals and teachers. We only want to
legalize this regulation," he said.
Silva Kuyumcuyan, the principal of the Armenian School in Karaköy,
also contributed to the report. "It is true that we are not currently
experiencing the problems that we faced in past. We only demand
equal citizenship. We demand that the regulations of other schools
are practiced in our schools," he said.
In Istanbul, there are 14 elementary schools, five high schools and
one kindergarten belonging to the Armenian community. There were 3,000
students registered in these schools during the last school year,
HDN says.