ANKARA The Turkish Family and Social Services Ministry and the U.N.’s children agency on May 9 initiated a two-day conference to address the rising issue of peer bullying in the country. Peer bullying continues to be a pervasive problem in schools across Türkiye , exemplified by the recent incident in the central province of Sivas, where a 15-year-old high school student was physically assaulted by her peers, resulting in the arrest of seven students. According to a 2024 study conducted by Ege