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A field research report prepared from 20 psychological counselors' interviews with more than 5 thousand students indicates that dating violence is a widespread problem in high schools.

The "Status Report on Education" by the education union Eğitim-Sen reveals that three thirds of all educational staff evaluate violence as a problem at school to various extends. Insult and humiliation of students is a common problem at all schools.

Primary school teacher F.N. was suspended after she had kicked a six-year-old student in class. The teachers' union demands a thorough investigation of the general situation at the school in southern Turkey and emphasized that the resignation of one or two people is not enough.