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Prospective teacher awaiting appointment to work in a public institution says, “We studied in very difficult conditions, we didn’t have a normal education life. All this trouble has to be worth something, we didn’t wage all this struggle for nothing.”

There are at least 9 million disabled people in Turkey. However, there are only two disabled female deputies in parliament.

Sophomore college student Kayhan Tüney has remained under arrest for a year and a half in connection with terrorism related charges. Among the accusations leveled against him in the police report is “battery” despite the fact that Tüney’s right arm and left leg are 70 percent disabled.

The "Six Dots" Association for the Blind is calling on municipalities to finally start providing services for the blind, and disabled people in general. So far, they have been shirking their responsibilities.