Turkish commission hears of 20-year failure to implement school safety measures

A Turkish parliamentary commission focused on school violence heard a stark assessment: proposed child safety measures are repeatedly drafted but consistently fail to be implemented. Hikmet Yalım Halıcı, a lawmaker from the YENİ Party representing Isparta, told the TBMM Commission on School Incidents and Digital Risks in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş that protocols for child safety have been signed for two decades.

"For twenty years, the same provisions have been written, but it turns out we have a serious deficiency in implementation and monitoring," Halıcı stated, underscoring a cycle of inaction. The commission's work highlights the gap between policy intentions and on-the-ground realities in addressing school violence and digital risks affecting students.

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For twenty years, the same provisions have been written, but it turns out we have a serious deficiency in implementation and monitoring.