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TURKEY - (TUR)
Rights and responsibilities of
newly arrived children in education

Turkish constitution guarantees the right to education for everyone
including refugee children as of 2016. Therefore, no one can be
deprived of the right to education, and everyone can benefit from it
without discrimination. Education is carried out under the control of
the state by using modern and scientific methods. According to the
European Convention on human rights, nobody’s right to education
can be prevented, therefore, all countries across Europe are obliged to
provide access to education. In Turkey, the education system is free of
charge, i.e. there is no annual or semi-annual fee that is needed to be
paid. Also, attending school regularly is compulsory for students and
absence is not well-received. Students need to attend classes regularly
in order to successfully complete their schools. Absence will lead to
failure and failure will consequent to repeating the year of their grades
so attendance is a non-negotiable must which should be monitored by
the parents and instructors of the children.

Guide for Registration:
- Each family member should get a Temporary Protection ID starting
with 99 from The Directorate General of Migration Management.
Also each family needs to have a residency permit and an address
registered in the system MERNIS related to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs. Parents are eligible to register their children to school even
though they do not have an ID but in that case these children will
have a “guest student” status. Parents may change this status to a
“regular student” by introducing the ID of their child as soon as they
get it.

- To register children to schools, families can go to the nearest
public school to their registered address. Registration procedures
are determined by the District Education Commission established
within the Provincial Directorate of National Education in each
province. To find the nearest public school you can use the website
of the Ministry of National Education (MEB): http://www.meb.gov.
tr and click to Bağlantılar/Okul Web Siteleri (http://www.meb.gov.
tr/baglantilar/okullar/ index.php) or you can use the phone number
444 0 632 to contact MEB and get the information you need.

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