Mahmut Özer

Following a voting session in the Turkish parliament, the heads of specialized commissions have been determined, with former ministers taking leadership positions in commissions relevant to their respective fields.

During the general assembly meetings, the commissions convened to select the members of the Presidential Council.

Education Minister Mahmut Özer has attended the inauguration ceremony of 1,500 village life centers, stating that the ministry has prioritized their projects about improving education in the country's villages.

Türkiye's first vocational high school in the field of space and aviation technology has been opened in the capital Ankara's Elmadağ district.

The government has decided to suspend schools the day after the upcoming elections as they will be used as polling booths, Education Minister Mahmut Özer has announced.

"We will take a break from education the day after the election in order to prepare the schools for the next day in a healthy way," Özer said in a televised interview.

The Education Ministry has developed a digital education platform called "Diyalekt" to facilitate the English learning processes of users of all ages and levels, Minister Mahmut Özer has announced.

Özer emphasized that they announced a mobilization in three languages consisting of Turkish, English and mathematics.

Approximately 19 million students and 1.2 million teachers have returned to schools as the one-week break ends, with education in some districts of the quake-hit provinces of Hatay and Adıyaman, which was earlier suspended due to the quake, now resumed.

Nearly 2.5 million students in the southern provinces hit by the devastating Feb. 6 twin earthquakes are currently unable to receive education, according to a report by an education union.

Several ceremonies and colorful celebrations have been held across the country to mark the National Sovereignty and Children's Day on April 23, the creation of the Turkish parliament.

More than 27,000 of the students who were previously transferred to other provinces after the earthquakes have returned to their own schools, Education Minister Mahmut Özer has said.

After the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes, Özer stated that they took great care to turn education back to normal and thanked the other ministries and officials for their support.

Political parties submitted their parliamentary candidate lists for May 14 polls to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on April 9.