It was claimed that students from various schools in Ankara were taken to the AKP Ankara Provincial Youth Branch Provincial Advisory Council Meeting. It was also claimed that a fight broke out between students at the same meeting on October 30.
Stating that they submitted a petition to the Ankara Provincial Directorate of National Education regarding the investigation of the incident, Eğitim Sen Ankara No. 1 Branch President Mehmet Aydoğdu announced that they requested to initiate an administrative investigation on the issue.
'SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS'
Stating that the issue is not just a matter of taking the students of one school out of school, but taking students from more than one educational institution to a political meeting organized by the youth branches of a political party is a situation that should be seriously examined in terms of the impartiality of educational institutions, the rights of students and the responsibilities of public officials, Aydoğdu said: "Schools are public institutions. It is unacceptable for educational institutions to become institutions that provide students for the activities of any political party or contribute to the organization of these events. Regardless of the political views of the students, they should not be directed or forced to participate in political party activities and they should not be forced to participate in educational activities." "They should not be deprived of their rights. The fact that parents are informed and the permission processes are carried out does not alone legitimize the use of students in political propaganda activities. Moreover, the incidents of violence reported at the meeting necessitate an explanation of how the security of the students was ensured and under what conditions the organization was held."
'LET IT BE EXAMINED IF THERE IS COORDINATION'
They said that they knew that four buses of students were transported from Mamak Selmani Farisi Imam Hatip Anatolian High School, but other schools that took students to the event were also identified; Stating that they want the number of students and schools participating in the event to be determined separately, Aydoğdu stated in the petition they submitted to the provincial directorate of national education; "Identifying the school administrators and other public officials who made the decision to take students out of school, organizing this process and having responsibility for taking students to the activity, examining whether students' families were informed, whether parental permission was obtained, and on what administrative decision and basis the process of taking students out of school was carried out, investigating the claim that students were told that there would be no absenteeism if they attended the event, determining whether students were subjected to pressure to participate, detaining students from educational activities and preventing them from attending classes." to be evaluated in legal and administrative aspects, to investigate the allegations of fights, injuries and hospitalizations reported at the meeting; to determine whether there were any injured students and who are responsible for the safety of the students, to examine whether there was any official or unofficial coordination between school administrations, District National Education Directorates, Provincial National Education Directorates and political party representatives in the organization of the event, to investigate whether public officials used their duties and powers in line with political party activities, to investigate those who were found responsible as a result of the investigation. They announced that they requested "the necessary administrative and legal procedures to be carried out against him and the result of the investigation and the actions taken to be notified in writing to the applicant."
