ISTANBUL (AP) -- The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
State-run
Anadolu news agency reports that Turkey's Board of Higher Education has
requested the resignations of 1,577 university deans, effectively
dismissing them.
Tuesday's announcement comes
right on the heels of an announcement by the Ministry of National
Education that it has dismissed 15,200 personnel over their alleged
involvement with a group the government claims is responsible for
Friday's failed coup.
Of the deans dismissed, 1,176 worked in public universities and 401 in private institutions.
Sweeping
purges in the aftermath of the thwarted coup has seen the dismissal of
thousands from the judiciary, police force, military and bureaucracy.
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5 p.m.
The
state-run Anadolu news agency reports that Turkey's ministry of
education has sacked 15,200 personnel for alleged involvement with a
group the government claims is responsible for Friday's failed coup.
The
National Education Ministry said Tuesday that the staff are in both
urban and rural establishments, and that an investigation has been
launched against them.
The government accuses U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen of plotting the coup and wants him extradited.
Sweeping purges in the aftermath of the coup have seen the dismissal of thousands from the judiciary, police force, military, administrative and religious affairs departments.
Sweeping purges in the aftermath of the coup have seen the dismissal of thousands from the judiciary, police force, military, administrative and religious affairs departments.
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Heaven help any open-minded scholar in Turkey today!
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