Reaction from the Private Sector Teachers' Union to the arrest of two students: 'Calling for the resignation of the Minister of National Education cannot be marginalized'

Private Sector Teachers' Union reacted to the arrest of two young people who hung a banner to protest the Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin in Istanbul.

In the written statement made by the union, it was said: "As the Private Sector Teachers' Union, we see the arrest decision as an attack on democratic rights and an indication of intolerance to criticism. In a country where children work under conditions of slavery within the scope of the MESEM project, where children lose their lives due to increasing violence in schools and where deaths cannot be prevented, calling for the resignation of the Minister of National Education cannot be marginalized."

In the statement made on the social media account of the Private Sector Teachers' Union, the following was noted:

"Two university students Nehir and Nevin, who were detained on the grounds that they hung a banner calling on Yusuf Tekin to resign before the Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin's visit to Kadıköy Anatolian High School, were arrested by the court they appeared in. As the Private Sector Teachers Union, we see the arrest decision as an attack on democratic rights and an indicator of intolerance to criticism. In a country where children are forced to work in conditions of slavery within the scope of the MESEM project, where children die due to increasing violence in schools, and where these deaths cannot be prevented, National Education Calling the Minister to resign cannot be marginalised. Certain people who 'win the ministry' and present themselves as journalists are trying to criminalize two university students with the title 'They are not high school students'. In their eyes, it is as if high school students have the right to hang banners, but university students do not! Release Nevin and Nehir."