Erdogan changes tactics to shut Turkish schools

President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has changed tactics in his effort to make foreign governments close schools run by Hizmet Movement associates. Minister of Education in Turkey, Ismet Yilmaz, announced in September that the Maarif Foundation was planning to take over 65 schools linked with Hizmet Movement in 15 unnamed countries, and anonymous government sources […]

President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has changed tactics in his effort to make foreign governments close schools run by Hizmet Movement associates.
Minister of Education in Turkey, Ismet Yilmaz, announced in September that the Maarif Foundation was planning to take over 65 schools linked with Hizmet Movement in 15 unnamed countries, and anonymous government sources said the latest move is aimed at taking control of the schools and closing them afterwards.
He first tried to make other countries close Hizmet Movement-affiliated schools on the claim that the movement orchestrated the July 15 failed attempt to topple him. But Mrs Chioma Osuji, the head of the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), said the move would fail in Africa.
Meanwhile, Turkish government has suspended from duty 168 officers and 123 non-commissioned officers from its navy over alleged links to a coup attempt in July, the defense ministry said on Sunday, as the government continues its purge.