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Turkey coup: Purge widens to education sector
More than 15,000 education staff in Turkey have been suspended after last week's failed coup, as a purge of state officials widens still further. The ministry of education accused them of links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric the Turkish government says was behind Friday's uprising. Mr Gulen denies any involvement. More than 1,500 university deans have also been ordered to resign and the licences of 21,000 teachers working at private institutions revoked.
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Of course it does. Educated people scare the shit out of dictators.