President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has declared three months state of emergency following a failed coup in his country (Turkey). President Erdogan stated on Wednesday that the state of emergency in the country would give his government the sweeping powers to expand crackdown which includes mass arrest and closure of many schools in the country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was accused of autocratic rule before the attempted coup assured the citizens after a meeting with the ministers and security advisers that the measure is not against democracy, the law and freedoms of Turkey citizens. He also stated that it would close more than 600 private schools and dormitories especially those loyal to Fethullah Gulen.
Viewers Corner News correspondent in Ankara also gathered that Erdogan’s government has sacked about 22,000 ministry of education workers especially teachers and it is planning to revoke the licenses of 21,000 other teachers at private schools and sacked or detained half a dozen university presidents in order to root out alleged supporters of Fethullah Gulen (a United States based Muslim cleric who was blamed for the attempted coup). Not less than 1,577 university deans have been asked by Erdogan’s government to resign and foreign assignments for state-employed academics have been stopped. Also a total of 50,000 civil service employees have been sacked and the press credentials of 34 journalists who were accused of supporting Fethullah Gulen’s movement have been revoked. According to reports, Turkey authorities have arrested about 9,000 people including 350 officers, 115 generals, 4,800 other military personnel and 60 military high school students for alleged involvement in the failed coup.
Source: Viewers Corner News.