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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police arrested dozens of people in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif including six Turkish teachers in a raid on a school Turkey suspects has links with President Tayyip Erdogan’s arch enemy, officials and teachers said.

The raid on Afghan-Turk school on Friday was the latest move against an educational foundation the Ankara government says is connected to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric it accuses of being behind a coup attempt in 2016.

Shukarullah Samadi, one of the teachers at the school said police had begun their raid at around 2 a.m., arresting six Turkish teachers and at least 40 other teachers and staff members.

“These schools have been successful for 23 years and we’re very worried about their future in Afghanistan,” he said.

Afghan Turk CAG Educational NGO (ATCE), the body that runs the schools, operates schools in several cities including the capital, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat and has been in Afghanistan since 1995.

It says it is an independent foundation and has denied any involvement with the 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Its schools have a good reputation but Ankara, which has major economic interests in northern Afghanistan as well as strong political and cultural links, has put heavy pressure on the Kabul government to turn them over to Turkey.

Last year the government ordered the management of the schools to be transferred in accordance with the wishes of the Turkish government but implementation has been slow.

Similar schools linked to Gulen’s Hizmet movement operate across the world and Turkey has pressed countries where it has influence to transfer their management to the Maarif Foundation, a Turkish educational body.

A statement on the foundation’s website on Saturday said it had taken over six out 12 of Gulen’s schools in Afghanistan.

Monir Ahmed Farhad, spokesman for the governor of Balkh said the action was taken to enforce the government’s decision to transfer management of the school.

“This decision to transfer management of the Turkish Afghan school comes from an agreement between the ministry of education of Afghanistan and Turkey, the local administration in Balkh is just implementing it,” he said.

Students and teachers at Afghan-Turk school expressed alarm and said they feared a decline in educational standards.

“Our whole concern is that the quality of education at the schools does not go down,” said Aref Mousavi, the father of a child at the school. “It’s been very good over the years and this should stay the same.”

Since the abortive putsch, Turkey has waged a crackdown on suspected members of Gulen’s network. Some 77,000 people have been jailed and more than 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs in the military, public and private sectors. Gulen has denied involvement in the coup and condemned it.

Source:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-is-linked-to-erdogan-foe-idUSKCN1PK0LE?il=0
 
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police arrested dozens of people in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif including six Turkish teachers in a raid on a school Turkey suspects has links with President Tayyip Erdogan’s arch enemy, officials and teachers said.

The raid on Afghan-Turk school on Friday was the latest move against an educational foundation the Ankara government says is connected to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric it accuses of being behind a coup attempt in 2016.

Shukarullah Samadi, one of the teachers at the school said police had begun their raid at around 2 a.m., arresting six Turkish teachers and at least 40 other teachers and staff members.

“These schools have been successful for 23 years and we’re very worried about their future in Afghanistan,” he said.

Afghan Turk CAG Educational NGO (ATCE), the body that runs the schools, operates schools in several cities including the capital, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat and has been in Afghanistan since 1995.

It says it is an independent foundation and has denied any involvement with the 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Its schools have a good reputation but Ankara, which has major economic interests in northern Afghanistan as well as strong political and cultural links, has put heavy pressure on the Kabul government to turn them over to Turkey.

Last year the government ordered the management of the schools to be transferred in accordance with the wishes of the Turkish government but implementation has been slow.

Similar schools linked to Gulen’s Hizmet movement operate across the world and Turkey has pressed countries where it has influence to transfer their management to the Maarif Foundation, a Turkish educational body.

A statement on the foundation’s website on Saturday said it had taken over six out 12 of Gulen’s schools in Afghanistan.

Monir Ahmed Farhad, spokesman for the governor of Balkh said the action was taken to enforce the government’s decision to transfer management of the school.

“This decision to transfer management of the Turkish Afghan school comes from an agreement between the ministry of education of Afghanistan and Turkey, the local administration in Balkh is just implementing it,” he said.

Students and teachers at Afghan-Turk school expressed alarm and said they feared a decline in educational standards.

“Our whole concern is that the quality of education at the schools does not go down,” said Aref Mousavi, the father of a child at the school. “It’s been very good over the years and this should stay the same.”

Since the abortive putsch, Turkey has waged a crackdown on suspected members of Gulen’s network. Some 77,000 people have been jailed and more than 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs in the military, public and private sectors. Gulen has denied involvement in the coup and condemned it.

Source:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-is-linked-to-erdogan-foe-idUSKCN1PK0LE?il=0
This is good for your country bro. They are not only Erdogan foe but also an american proxy to aiming shape the bureaucracy in regarding to americann INTEREST. You must be happy for that.
 
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Erdo is crushing Turkish soft power, if those schools are related to USA, would AKP dare to attack them? come on!
 
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Erdo is crushing Turkish soft power, if those schools are related to USA, would AKP dare to attack them? come on!
No logic there you claimed. Usa tried to topple The president Erdogan july 15, why Erdogan allow american imperialism intrusion into islamic hinterland. In every chance Reis (Leader Erdogan) will crush his iron fist over this proxy everywhere. And inside the news they also calls themself some titles (hizmet etc.) and you call them softpower. I think you are not happy to closing fetoist school there as a fetoist. Who cares your baseless claims.
 
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police arrested dozens of people in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif including six Turkish teachers in a raid on a school Turkey suspects has links with President Tayyip Erdogan’s arch enemy, officials and teachers said.

The raid on Afghan-Turk school on Friday was the latest move against an educational foundation the Ankara government says is connected to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric it accuses of being behind a coup attempt in 2016.

Shukarullah Samadi, one of the teachers at the school said police had begun their raid at around 2 a.m., arresting six Turkish teachers and at least 40 other teachers and staff members.

“These schools have been successful for 23 years and we’re very worried about their future in Afghanistan,” he said.

Afghan Turk CAG Educational NGO (ATCE), the body that runs the schools, operates schools in several cities including the capital, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat and has been in Afghanistan since 1995.

It says it is an independent foundation and has denied any involvement with the 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Its schools have a good reputation but Ankara, which has major economic interests in northern Afghanistan as well as strong political and cultural links, has put heavy pressure on the Kabul government to turn them over to Turkey.

Last year the government ordered the management of the schools to be transferred in accordance with the wishes of the Turkish government but implementation has been slow.

Similar schools linked to Gulen’s Hizmet movement operate across the world and Turkey has pressed countries where it has influence to transfer their management to the Maarif Foundation, a Turkish educational body.

A statement on the foundation’s website on Saturday said it had taken over six out 12 of Gulen’s schools in Afghanistan.

Monir Ahmed Farhad, spokesman for the governor of Balkh said the action was taken to enforce the government’s decision to transfer management of the school.

“This decision to transfer management of the Turkish Afghan school comes from an agreement between the ministry of education of Afghanistan and Turkey, the local administration in Balkh is just implementing it,” he said.

Students and teachers at Afghan-Turk school expressed alarm and said they feared a decline in educational standards.

“Our whole concern is that the quality of education at the schools does not go down,” said Aref Mousavi, the father of a child at the school. “It’s been very good over the years and this should stay the same.”

Since the abortive putsch, Turkey has waged a crackdown on suspected members of Gulen’s network. Some 77,000 people have been jailed and more than 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs in the military, public and private sectors. Gulen has denied involvement in the coup and condemned it.

Source:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-is-linked-to-erdogan-foe-idUSKCN1PK0LE?il=0

Get your facts straight.

We can't exactly know wheter they are foes or not. But one thing is sure.
They are a top priority national security threat to Republic of Turkey and has been so far for over decades.
 
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if USA tried to coup Erdo why he didnt react against USA? Why did not close all USA bases in Turkey, why did not protested it in UN? why , why ?
 
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if USA tried to coup Erdo why he didnt react against USA? Why did not close all USA bases in Turkey, why did not protested it in UN? why , why ?

No evidence.
 
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if USA tried to coup Erdo why he didnt react against USA? Why did not close all USA bases in Turkey, why did not protested it in UN? why , why ?
You are literally a d.mb. I have no time to waste to teach somebody like you. Here everybody has their simple answer to questions that you asked, because these questions are really crazy. Go on crayz boy, go on.

No evidence.
There are many evidence USA tried to toplle Erdogan in july 15 but, because of some ongoing projects, Erdogan is acting as an ally to USA. But it is a just time matter to preparing harsh and traumatic political reaction to that f..kng zionists soon future. such as join to BRICS-T, leaving NATO maybe alternative defence treaty with china and russia etc.
 
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You are literally a d.mb. I have no time to waste to teach somebody like you. Here everybody has their simple answer to questions that you asked, because these questions are really crazy. Go on crayz boy, go on.
You are not helping anyone’s cause by being disrespectful and insulting people when they try to ask questions or argue with your points. Not only that, but with each insult you are getting one step closer to being banned.

I can see that you believe in something and you are here to express and defend your opinions. You are not here for trolling only. That is why I want to give you a piece of advice.

You see the world in black and white; Erdogan good, America baaad. But the real world is never like this. There are almost always arguments for both sides of a conflict. As such, dismissing opinions that don’t agree with you as “dumb” or “crazy” is not a long term solution no matter how ridiculous they sound to you. You can be sure that the person you are talking to thinks the same about your ideas. Dont raise your voice, raise your argument.
 
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