▁thus ▁opposed ▁seg reg ated ▁education ▁as ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁principle . ▁The ▁matter ▁of ▁co ed uc ation ▁was ▁first ▁raised ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁controvers y ▁in ▁T ek ir da ğ ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁where , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁for ▁girls , ▁girls ▁requested ▁en roll ment ▁in ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁for ▁boys . ▁Upon ▁this , ▁works ▁on ▁co ed uc ation ▁began ▁and ▁the ▁Minister ▁of ▁Education ▁declared ▁that ▁both ▁sex es ▁would ▁follow ▁the ▁same ▁curr icul um . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁that ▁co ed uc ation ▁would ▁be ▁introduced ▁to ▁primary ▁education , ▁giving ▁boys ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁en roll ▁in ▁girls ' ▁high ▁schools ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁At at ür k ▁declared ▁in ▁his ▁K ast am on u ▁speech ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁that ▁co ed uc ation ▁should ▁be ▁the ▁norm . ▁Wh ilst ▁the ▁educational ▁committee ▁had ▁agreed ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁to ▁abol ish ▁single - sex ▁education ▁in ▁middle ▁schools ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁board ing ▁schools , ▁seg reg ation ▁pers isted ▁in ▁middle ▁and ▁high ▁schools , ▁and ▁statistics ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 7 – 2 8 ▁educational ▁year ▁revealed ▁that ▁only ▁ 2 9 % ▁of ▁those ▁en rolled ▁in ▁primary ▁schools ▁were ▁girls . ▁This ▁figure ▁was ▁ 1 8 . 9 % ▁for ▁middle ▁schools ▁and ▁ 2 8 %