CanadaIn a high school in a high school, 12th grade students gathered a homework reaction to “Choose a dictator, tell”. In the list of dictators to be selected in a homework, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk‘s name’ Mustafa Ataturk ‘was added as added.
Codes to the list of Ataturk Dictators
According to the video news on the Turkish Voice of Canada Youtube channel, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey; Benito Mussolini, Saddam Hussein and Fulgencio Batista, such as bloody dictators were on the same list.
Turkish student could not believe
In Elbarda, Canada, the 12th grade student Ilayda Güvenç, who went to a high school in Edmonton city, showed the name of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the “dictators’ list”.
“The manager had no information about Atatürk”
According to the news in Sözcü; Then the family speaking to the school principal summarized the situation as follows:
“We sent an e -mail to the school principal. Ataturk who was, and why we should not be on this list.
The family said that the manager remained extremely indifferent about this scandal homework. However, the only indifferent, the manager was not. Because Irep Cakir’s questions on the questions of Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Niceolaides also took a similar attitude.
Ministry of Education Press Spokesman “Atatürk is not known as a dictator in the Alberta curriculum. Alberta Ministry of Education is responsible for developing the curriculum and local school administrations are responsible for the teaching of this curriculum. School administrations have freedom, flexibility and responsibility to choose the most appropriate social studies materials for students to learn the curriculum. In case of concern, their children are encouraged to interview teachers and school principals ” He made his statement.
Homework is reviewing
In the meantime, the authorities continued to meet with the Güvenç family, Alberta State Schools Education Consultant Kim Smith met.
Smith after the interview, “We care about the partnership of the parents with the education of children. We are always ready to listen and learn. The school has made an open, honest and constructive interview with the family today. We accept that we continue to learn together. We accept that the instructions of the assignment are given in the classroom to make more information about the world’s leaders. He made his statement.
Embassy is in the circuit
In the meantime, Türkiye’s Embassy in Canada did not remain silent against disgrace. Türkiye’s Ambassador to Canada Can Dizdar made a statement on the subject, made a statement.
Dizdar said, “It is not acceptable to treat our Atatürk like this. Unfortunately, such individual events can be. I would like to thank our student’s family for the sensitivity he showed. We will be. ” he said.