Erdoğan meets families of school attack victims

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Aug. 4 received the families of students killed in a school attack in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş, offering condolences and sharing their grief.

The meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara was also attended by Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Education Minister Yusuf Tekin and Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, according to the Communications Directorate.

The president conveyed his condolences to the relatives of the victims and expressed his support for the families who lost their children in the attack.

The shooting took place at a middle school in Kahramanmaraş’s Onikişubat district on April 15, triggering a nationwide debate over school security measures.