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On April 14, 2026, a former student armed with a pump-action shotgun opened fire at a vocational high school in Siverek, southeastern Turkey, wounding 16 people — including 10 students and 4 teachers — before killing himself. The attack, described by security analysts as an "American-style school raid" rarely seen in Turkey, has reignited urgent questions about firearm accessibility, school security gaps, and the socioeconomic pressures facing young people in the country's underdeveloped southeast.