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The Turkish government has announced a set of legal measures aimed at fighting drug addiction and aiding treatment of drug addicts.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said on April 28 that the government would amend laws in order to enable drug addicts to seek treatment without revealing their identities. 

The almost one million Syrian children in Turkey who have been deprived of education, has gone unnoticed by the world, the Turkish government has said, calling on the international community to contribute to Turkey's ongoing education efforts.

Fifth grade students will undergo tests to determine sports compatible with their talents and body type, and will receive training in the sports respectively, according to a new protocol signed between Turkey's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sports. The agreement aims to expand the understanding of academic success while increasing the country's number of licensed sportspeople.

Some 330,000 Syrian children are given formal education at state schools in Turkey, Education Minister Nabi Avc? has said in Brussels, urging European states to "contribute to these efforts." 

A "great reconstruction" effort is set to begin for homes and other buildings damaged in clashes between security forces and militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern district of Silopi, Turkey's prime minister has said.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has submitted a parliamentary question addressed to Education Minister Nabi Avc? over whether he gave permission for a notice demanding that students from local schools march in celebration of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's birthday at the presidential palace. 

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül's father-in-law, who died on Feb. 11, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Feb. 12 at a funeral attended by top state officials. 

Ahmet Özyurt, 76, died of heart failure in an Istanbul hospital on Feb. 11.

Turkey has spent 100 million Turkish Liras ($34.2 million) on repairs for schools affected by the state's fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) last year, Education Minister Nabi Avc? said on Feb. 11.

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have detonated an improvised explosive device near a schoolyard in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, wounding five students.

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have detonated an improvised explosive device near a schoolyard in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, wounding five students.

The blast took place at 8.24 a.m. on Jan. 22 at the Nuriye Eser Primary School in Diyarbak?r's Ba?lar district during the distribution of report cards on the last school day of the first semester.