The schools and other institutions are suspected by Turkish authorities of having links to Gulen, who has many followers in Turkey. In Ankara, the minister for European Union affairs chided Western countries for not sending any representatives to demonstrate their solidarity with Turks since the coup attempt. Turkish authorities have suspended, detained or placed under investigation more than 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, teachers, civil servants and others in the past week. Gulen denies any involvement in the coup attempt in which at least 246 people were killed. It said this would facilitate a full investigation into the coup attempt.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2016 15:47 UTC