Turkish language schools open in Syria’s Afrin
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – North Press obtained special pictures from the village of Mash’alah, in Shara district, east of Afrin, showing students attending a Turkish-flagged school where Turkish language is taught.
The Turkish forces and affiliated armed opposition groups invaded Afrin in January 2018.
Students in Sadiq Hindawi School in the countryside of Afrin are learning the Turkish language, according to local sources.
Turkey opened several schools and centers for teaching the Turkish language in areas under its control in northern Syria.
Late in February, Turkish officials opened a cultural center in the city of Jarablus in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
It was preceded by the Turkish government’s opening of a Faculty of medicine and a Public Health Institute in the city of al-Ra’i, north of Aleppo, by a decree issued by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Advisor of the Syrian National Reconciliation, Salim al-Kharrat, commented on the process, saying “the Turkish step is a flagrant violation of the international laws.”
Since June 2020, the Turkish lira has begun to be officially dealt in the areas controlled by the armed opposition groups in northwest Syria.