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Budget Discussions Were Marked by Controversy! Minister Tekin's Hand Was Left Hanging in the Air! - Sözcü Newspaper

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Tensions arose during the Ministry of National Education's budget discussions. Keziban Konuk of the DEM Party refused to shake Minister Yusuf Tekin's hand, prompting a notable reaction from Tekin.

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Tensions arose during the Ministry of National Education's budget discussions. Keziban Konuk of the DEM Party refused to shake Minister Yusuf Tekin's hand, prompting a notable reaction from Tekin.

·Türkiye
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A heated argument erupted between Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin and opposition MPs during the discussion of the Ministry of National Education's 2027 budget in the Turkish Grand National Assembly's Planning and Budget Committee. Some MPs, raising the issue of child deaths in Vocational Training Centers (MESEM), reacted by refusing to shake Minister Tekin's hand. Tekin, in turn, mocked the MPs who refused to shake his hand, saying, "…

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey's Planning and Budget Committee convened under the chairmanship of AK Party Samsun Deputy Mehmet Muş to discuss the Ministry of National Education's 2027 budget. The committee will review the ministry's budget, final accounts, and the Court of Accounts report, as well as the budgets, special budgets, final accounts, and Court of Accounts reports of the Higher Education Council, the Measurement, Selection and…

In the Plan and Budget Commission, where MEB's 2027 budget is being negotiated, opposition MPs called on Minister Yusuf Tekin to resign over child deaths in MESEM. Some deputies did not shake Tekin's hand. Tekin said, “I won't be able to sleep until morning.”

When Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin arrived at the Parliament's Planning and Budget Committee, some MPs protested by refusing to shake his hand. Tekin, who told Ahmet Vehbi Bakırlıoğlu of the NEW Party to "do your show outside," responded to the DEM Party MPs who refused to shake his hand with the words, "How am I going to live like this?"

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Budget discussions for the Ministry of National Education in the Turkish Grand National Assembly began tensely. Minister Yusuf Tekin reacted angrily to MPs who refused to shake his hand, saying, "How am I going to live now?" He also told the person holding up a banner, "Do your show outside."

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Sözcü broke the news in Türkiye on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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