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‘Doesn’t Turkey have the budget to appoint 2,511 teachers?’

TEACHERS WITH DISABILITIES

‘Doesn’t Turkey have the budget to appoint 2,511 teachers?’

Prospective teacher awaiting appointment to work in a public institution says, “We studied in very difficult conditions, we didn’t have a normal education life. All this trouble has to be worth something, we didn’t wage all this struggle for nothing.”

7 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Documentarian Çayan Demirel gains the right of disability retirement

Documentarian Çayan Demirel gains the right of disability retirement

Though it has long been confirmed by a medical report that documentarian Demirel is 99 percent disabled, he was struggling for his right of disability retirement for 4.5 years. The state will now automatically raise an objection as it has lost the lawsuit.

29 September 2020 Ayşegül Özbek

Having Chased Children With a Gun in Mardin, Police Officer Suspended from Duty

Having Chased Children With a Gun in Mardin, Police Officer Suspended from Duty

The Sub-Governor’s Office of Nusaybin has announced that the police officer who chased children playing in front of their homes with a gun and fired his gun into the air has been suspended from duty and investigated.

The Disabled Can Claim Their Right in UN

The Disabled Can Claim Their Right in UN

Turkey signed the Optional Protocol of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The disabled people can claim their rights in UN now.

12 December 2014

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN Convention on Disabled Persons Becomes Effective in Turkey

8 months after its acceptance at the parliament, the convention -which obliges the government to notable improvements- officially becomes a part of Turkey's national legislation.

DISABILITY WEEK

Disabled Faced With Lower Social Benefits

Problems in employment and care giving pensions are going to be hardened as the state makes it harder to qualify for benefits. Bülent Küçükarslan explains.

The State Insists On Not Reducing The Load On Disabled Persons

Turkey’s Disabled Association (TSD) wants the 40 percent border required of the disabled persons to have access to the services they need to be lowered to the 30 percent. They also want the removal of the contribution rate.

3 December 2008