Recent changes to Turkish regulations regarding minority schools have appeared to create more confusion for some educators who claim the changes don’t solve the problems faced by children of foreign nationals.

“We have [read] the regulations from top to bottom. Frankly we, too, remain perplexed,” Istanbul deputy education director Nedat İlhan told Hürriyet Daily News.

According to the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, only the children of Turkish citizens can attend their own “minority” schools.

This clause had been removed in the new regulations that appeared in the March 20 Official Gazette.

“The article was removed, but we are going to take a look at its infrastructure and whether it is applicable or not. Minorities in Turkey are classified under different titles in the Lausanne Treaty of 1923. As such, there is a critical question mark over here,” said İlhan.

While the children of RA nationals can now attend minority schools in Turkey as auditors, they still cannot receive diplomas.

This was made possible when Turkey granted them “guest student” status some two years ago.

It is reported that many illegal Armenian immigrants prefer not to take advantage of the “guest student” status, not wishing to reveal their identities.

İlhan said Turkey has diplomatic relations with Greece but not with Armenia. The children of illegal Armenian immigrants will still not be able to attend school regardless of the changes in regulations, he noted.