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Following Agos’ report that students from Armenia in Turkey would no longer be able to attend Armenian schools, the Minister of National Education declared that “there is no new regulation.” While the Minister said the current system would continue, Musa Melih Demirbaşçı, General Coordinator of MAZLUMDER, which is an NGO working on violations of the educational rights of migrant and minority students, pointed to the need for a legal change rather than a verbal statement as the solution.

The tension in Diyarbakır has increased once again following first the bombings at a HDP rally, and then the murder of 4 people. Helsinki Citizens Assembly Member Nalan Erkem and Mazlumder Diyarbakır Board Member Reha Ruhavioğlu, who were in the commission that visited the city for observations, have recounted the situation in the city. According to eyewitnesses, a jihadist streak has become more prominent in the region for months, and although everyone including the police has been aware of this, no one has acted to prevent the events.