Turkey fires 21,000 teachers, Demands suspension of every university dean in post-coup crackdown

[HuckleB]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/19/turkey-demands-resignation-of-every-university-dean-in-country-a/

"Turkey’s post-coup crackdown took a sinister turn on Tuesday after tens of thousands of teachers were fired and all the country’s university deans were told they faced suspension.

The licences of 21,000 staff working in private schools were revoked, more than 15,000 employees at the education ministry were sacked, and the state-run higher education council demanded the resignation of 1,577 university deans.

The purge is part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s heavy-handed attempt to root out supporters of Fethullah Gülen, the US-based cleric accused of orchestrating the failed revolt.

Ankara says the reclusive Mr Gulen, who wields enormous influence in Turkey through loyalists in various parts of the state as well as a private school network, hatched the plot to end Mr Erdogan's 13 years in power from his home in Pennsylvania.

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[Javaman]

1. yup, glad that coup failed...

who knows what terrors the new leader would have brought?

[Maven]

4. This was the coup, all along.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Typical fascist move: Imprison the Intellectuals

Those who can criticize.

[840high]

7. .+1

[edhopper]

5. I hate conspiracy theories

but this is looking more and more like Erdogan staged the whole thing.

Europe is going to have to be very careful with Turkey.

[Igel]

6. I suspose that since only the private school teachers were all sacked,

that means there'll be a new curriculum for the public school teachers.

Esp. since the education ministry will all be Erdogan supporters.

Control military for order. Assumed.

Control legislature, for the right laws.

Control judges to make sure that the laws are deemed "right" and interpreted correctly.

Control domestic news/information media to make sure all the news that's printed fits.

Control education to make sure that the next generation is more tightly bound to your views.

Since the failure to lock down social media and the Internet was instrumental to Erdogan's survival, I have to wonder how he's going to deal with it. Otherwise the media and education restrictions won't stick well.