No slowdown in Erdogan’s purge after Turkey’s failed coup

Now teachers and academics are removed from their posts in the post-coup attempt purge.

Turkish riot police stand guard outside a courthouse where prosecutors are questioning hundreds of coup plotters, in Ankara, Turkey, on July 20, 2016. Burhan Ozbilici / AP

"Tip-offs that these (people) are mostly linked with terrorist activities have been taken into consideration," a ministry of education official said, referring to teachers in private educational institutions, according to the pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper.