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Following our report on the inspection of students from Armenia studying at Armenian schools, AKP MP Sevan Sıvacıoğlu spoke with Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin. According to Sıvacıoğlu’s statement, the message conveyed was that “there is no new regulation regarding guest students studying at Armenian community schools, and that schools are continuing their educational activities in accordance with the existing regulation.”

High School Entrance Exam (LGS) placement results have been announced. The placement results of the preferences made by students between July 13 and 27 were announced on August 5 on the Ministry of National Education's results website. Students saw their placement results by entering their ID information. 177 students from Armenian schools took the exam. 154 of them will continue their secondary education in Armenian schools.

Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin is set to meet with administrators and principals of Armenian schools. During the visit, Minister Tekin is expected to exchange views on the current situation and needs of Armenian schools. The meeting will take place on Saturday, July 25, at the Kazaz Artin Amira Bezciyan Hall in Kumkapı.

The Bakırköy district had housed one small school built over 170 years ago by Ottoman Armenian notable Hovhannes Dadyan. "Moving to a new building after 171 years makes us all happy,” Surp Asdvadzadzin Church Foundation head Mesut Özdemir said.