An order compelling all foreign-language schools, including Greek, Armenian and Jewish, to employ “pure Turkish” assistant headmasters or managers, has been issued by the Ministry of Public Education, it was revealed today.
The order is said to threaten the existence of a number of the Jewish schools affected since, it is pointed out, they are unable to stand the increased costs involved. A plea has been made to the ministry to postpone execution of the order until October to prevent the schools from closing.
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