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Minister Tekin urges families to monitor children's social media relationships
Speaking live on NTV, Minister Tekin said children's relationships on social media and gaming platforms should be monitored until they reach adulthood. Tekin announced that security measures at schools had been increased and that more than 23,000 school grounds attendants had begun working.
Speaking live on NTV, Minister Tekin said families should monitor the relationships children establish on social media platforms. Tekin said children could share their personal data and private photos on these platforms, which could expose them to threats and blackmail.
Assessment of the attack in Manisa
Assessing the armed attack near İnci Üzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Manisa's Turgutlu district, Tekin said the incident should not be addressed solely through the concepts of school security and law enforcement.
Tekin said families who keep licensed firearms in their homes should store them where children cannot access them, adding that public safety concerns everyone in society. Stressing that families must fulfill their responsibilities, Tekin noted that there had previously been incidents in which children took the keys to vehicles belonging to their families and drove into crowded areas.
Tekin said the shotgun used in the Turgutlu incident had been taken from the home of the child's grandfather. Tekin said the child mentioned peer bullying in his initial statements, but added that the student had attended ninth grade for only two or three days because he had just enrolled, meaning that peer bullying could not have occurred.
Call on families to monitor social media
Highlighting the importance of families monitoring their children's social media use, Tekin said children could face threats or blackmail over personal information and private photos they share on gaming platforms or social media.
Tekin said parents should arrange for their children to meet with psychiatrists or psychologists when necessary. Saying it would be beneficial to monitor children's photos, correspondence and relationships on their social media profiles until they reach adulthood, Tekin warned that otherwise consequences that cannot be remedied could arise.
Security measures increased at schools
Addressing security measures at schools, Tekin said the necessary precautions were determined at the beginning of each academic year and had been tightened after April 15.
Tekin said they assessed the physical conditions of schools across the country and risks of different scales, adding that schools were categorized according to the scope of the measures to be taken. Accordingly, schools use indoor and surrounding camera systems, integration with the City Security Management System, generators connected to camera systems, turnstiles, facial recognition systems at some schools, hand-held detectors and emergency buttons.
Tekin said that, in addition to physical security measures, work was also under way on a parent appointment system, restrictions on mobile phone use, school uniform policies and the use of smocks for teachers. He also said a tracking system had been installed for student transport vehicles.
Risk maps and school grounds attendants
Tekin said they conducted year-round research into perceptions of violence at schools and that the measures taken were determined based on the findings. He said risk maps had been created with the Ministry of Family and Social Services for the areas where schools are located, adding that efforts to combat addiction had been accelerated and joint events were being organized with the Green Crescent.
Providing information about school grounds attendants, Tekin said 31,000 people were planned to begin working and that, following assessments in Turgutlu, more than 23,000 had officially started their duties. He said the remaining attendants would begin work once the necessary procedures were completed.
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