{"id":10104,"date":"2026-07-09T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/what-does-the-akp-have-to-do-with-thrace-childrens-education\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:31:05","slug":"what-does-the-akp-have-to-do-with-thrace-childrens-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/what-does-the-akp-have-to-do-with-thrace-childrens-education\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the AKP have to do with Thrace children’s education?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nikos Arvanitis<\/strong><\/p>\n

An extremely revealing, if expected, turn is taking place in the recent mobilization of the pro-Erdo\u011fan regime at the Greek-Turkish border, against the backdrop of the organization of the so-called “Education Support Platform” (E\u011fitime Destek Platformu)<\/strong> in Edirne (Adrianople).<\/p>\n

This meeting, which took place over the two-day period of July 5 and 6, 2026<\/strong>, brings to light the deep backstage of Ankara’s ideological, political and religious penetration,<\/strong> directly connecting the pro-Erdo\u011fan system with the well-known pro-consulate establishment of Komotini and Xanthi.<\/p>\n

The fundamental question that arises relentlessly for every thinking citizen in Thrace is one: What exactly is the relationship between the ruling party of Turkey (AKP), its deep state structures, and its internal party mechanisms with the education of the Greek Muslim children of Thrace?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chronicle of the Meeting, the Religious High School and the Distinguished Guests<\/h2>\n

The weekend of July 5, 2026<\/strong>, Edirne was transformed into an operational coordination center of the Erdo\u011fanist mechanism.<\/p>\n

Under the organizational responsibility of the local platform coordinator, Ahmet \u00c7etin, the meeting was not hosted in some neutral academic institution, but at the Akmercan Anatolian Project Imam Hatip Religious High School (Akmercan Anadolu Proje \u0130HL)<\/strong>. The venue was not chosen by chance, as the subject of the meeting concerned the organized direction and dispatch of students to these religious schools.<\/p>\n

At Akmercan, the cream of the Erdo\u011fanist power system set up “headquarters”:<\/p>\n