Deepening poverty fuels mass school dropout in Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Nimet Kirac

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Seyit, an 8-year-old Kurdish garbage collector, carries flattened cardboard boxes in Istanbul on Sept. 12, 2022. — Seyit, an 8-year-old Kurdish garbage collector, carries flattened cardboard boxes in Istanbul on Sept. 12, 2022. Nearly 19 million primary, secondary and high school students, led by 1.2 million educators, returned to classes as Turkey officially began its 2022-23 academic year on Sept. 12, 2022. — BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images

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