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11,285 teachers from Ministry of Education have been suspended with allegations on their ‘connection to PKK’. Lists of the suspended teachers have been forwarded to the related city offices, according to the reports of Kamudanhaber.net.
Prime Minister Yıldırım had mentioned it in his speech given in Diyarbakır
During his recent visit to Diyarbakır, PM Yıldırım had mentioned an investigation into the connections of teachers in the region – eastern and southeastern Turkey – with PKK and said: “It is estimated that about 14,000 teachers in this region have connections to terror. However, it will be revealed through interrogations and investigations how many of them are directly connected and how many of them are not. Schools are opening after Eid. We have talked to our Ministry of Education officials; all of the teachers who are found suspicious and about whom the necessary findings are completed will be suspended and will not be on duty in the new academic term as a precaution.”
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Source: https://www.birgun.net/haber-