Elementary school starting age is regulated; the children over 66 months of age by September 30, 2012 is to enroll to the elementary school. ...»

Sabanci University banned 1st of May posters. The administration did not hesitate to warn students that this kind of activity may end up with their expulsion ...»

According to the letter sent from the Ministry of Defense, male students completing 29 years of age have two options in order to enroll in a ...»

The police intervened against KESK members who wanted to demonstrate in Ankara against the 4+4+4 Education Draft Law and the Draft Bill on Public Servants' Trade ...»

A study of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey revealed that the new 4+4+4 education model will cost at least TL 20.7 billion. KESK and ...»

The Initiative for Solidarity with Arrested Students published the "Map of Unnamed Students" of Turkey in order to communicate judicial and administrative rights violations faced by ...»

The new prosecutor in the trial against students Tüzer, Yılmaz and Aykar demanded imprisonment of 15 years each on charges of "membership of an illegal organization". ...»

According to a proposal of the AKP, compulsory education shall be divided into three sections of four years. After finishing the first four years of primary ...»

In Mardin, the police hustled 19 juvenile demonstrators towards a mine field, beat them and took them in custody. The related administrative investigation was now completed. ...»

The Armenian Culture and Solidarity Association organizes a workshop about the Western Armenian language. The project on the language that is endangered to disappear completely will ...»

In a press conference about PM Erdoğan's saying "We want to raise a religious generation", the Eğitim-Sen educational union Istanbul Branches said that in the light ...»

“We will raise a religious generation” was the statement of PM Erdoğan made last week. Prof Fatma Gök assessed this much disputed statement for bianet. She ...»

Disciplinary penalties handed down to students of the Marmara, Selçuk and Pamukkale Universities recently evoked discussions on the Discipline Regulations of the Higher Education Council. Leading ...»

University students in Malatya were sentenced to imprisonment of between eight and 13 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda". The judge ...»

Teachers in Van took the street to protest the handling of the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that hit the region in October and November ...»

Upon the initiative of the Alternative Communication Association, more than a hundred academics launched a signature campaign against applying the disputed internet filtering system at universities. ...»

The students that were taken into police custody after a conflict at the Istanbul University were released on 3 January. Students from various organizations protested the ...»

117 students of the Middle East Technical University stand trial in the context of a protest action against the government and YÖK. The students put forward ...»

Eğitim-Sen drew attention to constantly worsening working conditions of teachers in Turkey on the national Teachers' Day on 24 November. Arbitrary appointments, low salaries and an ...»

International academics, most of them working in France, criticized arbitrary arrests and other repressions applied to academics in Turkey. They warned that academic freedom was unacceptably ...»