Kenan Çelik

Authorities in the southern province of Antalya have ordered the closure of two illegal Russian schools in the Kepez district and imposed hefty administrative fines.

The provincial directorate of education discovered that the schools were operating without official permits, advertising themselves as "Russian schools" on social media.

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