Education Minister since 2023
Yusuf Tekin is a Turkish academic, bureaucrat and politician. He has served as Education Minister since June 2023; he was deputy Minister of Youth and Sports between 2011 and 2013, and undersecretary of the Education Ministry between 2013 and 2018.
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Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said they had prepared an action plan with seven ministries against violence in schools and that the security measures will be implemented in February.
In Istanbul's Başakşehir, a 15-year-old girl attacked eight girls with a knife at her former school. One of the injured students died.
+2: Habertürk and Hürriyet 
+3: Evrensel, İlke TV and Oda TV +4: BirGün, Evrensel, İlke TV and Oda TV 
+2: Asharq Al-Awsat and NDTV Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said neither the system nor the procedure of the university entrance exam (YKS) would change.
+3: NTV, Takvim and Haber7 +4: Milat, NTV, Takvim and Haber7 
With the participation of the Interior Ministry and the Education Ministry, seven ministries signed a school safety protocol for the 2026-2027 academic year. Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said that 31,000 garden staff were employed.
+4: NTV, CNN Türk, Yeni Asır and Yeni Şafak +5: Yeni Akit, NTV, CNN Türk, Yeni Asır and Yeni Şafak 
Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said on a television broadcast that they try to align mid-term breaks with the Ramadan and Sacrifice holidays, and that in years when the calendar does not align, mid-term breaks could be scrapped. Tekin noted that under regulations, students must attend school for 180 working days.
+5: CNN Türk, Yeni Şafak, Milat, Yeni Asır and Takvim +6: Türkiye Gazetesi, CNN Türk, Yeni Şafak, Milat, Yeni Asır and Takvim 
+2: Halk TV and Muhalif +3: Yeniçağ, Halk TV and Muhalif Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said on a CNN Türk broadcast that there was an option of either requiring compliance with dress-code regulations or the use of smocks, and that they preferred the smock. Tekin also commented on mobile phones in classrooms, school registrations and PISA results.
+2: Dünya and Ekonomi Manşet 
