TRNC Minister of National Education Naz\u0131m \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu has strongly condemned recent statements made by Greek Cypriot Minister of Education Athena Michaelidou over her remarks praising the EOKA terror organisation and promoting its \u201cheroism\u201d and the \u201cwill to return to occupied lands\u201d in the school curriculum.<\/p>\n
In his official statement, Minister \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu said: “I read with deep regret the remarks made by Greek Cypriot Minister of Education Athena Michaelidou, in which she asserted that children are being taught about the ‘heroism and patriotism’ of the terrorist organization EOKA and are being instilled with a determination to \u201creturn to the occupied territories\u201d.<\/p>\n
He condemned the hateful language used as being completely contrary to the culture of peace, mutual respect in education, and efforts for a solution.<\/p>\n
Minister \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu further emphasized that educational institutions are \u2018responsible for preparing young generations for the future in line with the principles of peace, tolerance, and coexistence\u2019 and said \u201cIt is both unacceptable and alarming to glorify a group responsible for the deaths of thousands and known for ethnic cleansing against Turkish Cypriots,\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch discourse is a dangerous approach which harms peace and reconciliation efforts in Cyprus, encourages the raising of young generations with hatred and grudges, and completely politicises the field of education,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur children should be raised not with hostility or hatred, but with the values of science, art, peace, and human rights. Our young generations, as the guarantors of our future, should be taught the language of peace, not of war,\u201d he stressed, adding that \u201cthe seeds of hostility should never be sowned within any education system.<\/p>\n
He concluded his statement by urging, \u201cWe call on the Greek Cypriot Education Ministry to act with common sense and immediately abandon hate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n
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