Ankara reinstates 6,007 teachers suspended after coup
Iran Press TV
Fri Nov 25, 2016 5:45PM
Turkey has reinstated more than 6,000 teachers suspended in the government's crackdown following the abortive coup of July 15.
The Turkish Education Ministry said on Friday that 6,007 people had "returned to their jobs."
The personnel had been suspended "over links to terrorist organizations," the ministry said.
Tens of thousands of teachers have been suspended or dismissed in the crackdown.
Ankara accuses US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of having masterminded the coup attempt. Gulen denies the accusation.
Turkish authorities are using a state of emergency imposed in the country following the coup for a swoop that goes well beyond alleged supporters of Gulen.
Some 11,500 teachers suspected of having links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were suspended in a recent wave of the crackdown.
Ankara has suspended or dismissed more than 125,000 civil servants since mid-July. Some 36,000 suspects remain arrested pending trial.
Not only teachers, but also military staff, university faculty, judges, journalists and even political leaders are among the targeted people.
The international community, international civil rights groups included, have condemned Ankara's move as an attempt to crush any opposition against the government.
The United Nations has commissioned a legal expert to inspect Turkish police stations, prisons and pre-trial detention centers over torture allegations in the country. The independent UN special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, is due in Turkey from November 27 to December 2.
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