ISTANBUL: Turkey’s education ministry has revoked the licences of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions, an official at the ministry told Reuters on Tuesday, part of an expanding government crackdown following a failed coup attempt.
The announcement came shortly after a report that the High Education Board had ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans at all universities across Turkey.
“The licences of 21,000 teachers working in privately-run institutions have been cancelled. Tip-offs that these (people) are mostly linked with terrorist activities have been taken into consideration,” the ministry official said, without elaborating.
(Reporting by orhan Coskun; Writing by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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