Kaymakcalan: Means Of Education Of Turkish Minority In Bulgaria Should Be Increased

SOFIA (A.A) - 18.06.2002 - Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) President Orhan Kaymakcalan said on Tuesday that means of education of Turkish minority in Bulgaria should be increased.
ATAA delegation, currently holding contacts in Bulgaria in order to see the conditions of Turkish minority in several countries, met with State Minister Necdet Mollov, Bulgarian Muslims Chief Mufti Selim Mehmed and deputies of Rights and Freedoms Movement, the majority of whom are Turks.
Condition of Turkish minority and Muslims was taken up during these contacts.
Kaymakcalan told A.A correspondent that their aim was to see the situation of Turkish minority living in the Balkans and inform the European Union (EU) and U.S. administration about the problems of Turkish minority.
They saw that the main problem of Turkish and Muslim minority living in Bulgaria was the educational deficiencies, Kaymakcalan said.
Kaymakcalan added, ''level of education of Turkish minority should be increased. There is need for Turkish publications and schools giving education in Turkish.''
ATAA delegation will visit the regions where Turks are mainly living including Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Varna and Burgas and meet with local administrators and representatives of Turkish minority.
The delegation which came to Bulgarian capital Sofia will stay in Bulgaria for ten days.