New development: Turkish teacher killed in Istanbul; two school principals suspended.

 

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New development: Turkish teacher killed in Istanbul; two school principals suspended.

As Turkish security authorities continue their investigations into the criminal incident that claimed the life of biology teacher Fatma Nur Çelik at the school where she worked in the Çekmeköy district of Istanbul, the director of national education in the Çekmeköy district, Mustafa Akhan, and the principal of Taşdelen Bursa Istanbul Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Fatih Polat, were suspended from work on Saturday, according to Turkish media reports.

An administrative investigation has been launched into the incident in which biology teacher Çelik was killed in a knife attack by a student at Taşdelen Bursa Istanbul Anatolian Vocational and Technical High School.

As part of this investigation, the director of national education in the Çekmeköy district, Akhan, and the school principal, Polat, were suspended from work hours ago, while feminist organizations continue to follow up on the case of the murder of the Turkish teacher.

The Turkish teacher was killed on March 2nd when student F.S.B. (17 years old), an eleventh-grade student at Taşdelen Bursa Istanbul Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Çekmeköy, stabbed teachers Fatma Nur Çelik and Z.A. (52 years old) and student S.K. (15 years old). The media did not reveal the reason for this incident, which has become a public opinion issue, especially since it is not the first time a teacher has been stabbed to death.

While teacher Çelik died in the hospital to which she was taken, (F.S.B.) was arrested, detained by police teams, and referred to court by the judge, where authorities continue to interrogate him to find out the reasons for his stabbing of the Turkish teacher.

This incident has brought the issue of femicide back to the forefront, especially since most femicides are committed by men, according to data from the "Stop Femicide" platform, which monitors cases of Turkish women killed by men.

This platform calls on the government to return to the Istanbul Convention, which protects Turkish women from physical violence and from which Ankara withdrew years ago despite facing criticism from its Western and American allies.