Turkey has suspended 11,500 teachers over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), a Turkish official said on Thursday, confirming an earlier report from broadcaster CNN Turk that cited the education ministry.
Government suspends 11,500 teachers over alleged links to Kurdish militants
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that an estimated 14,000 teachers had links to the PKK
Turkey suspends 11,500 teachers over alleged links to Kurdish militants -official
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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim visited the mainly Kurdish southeast over the weekend and said in a speech there that an estimated 14,000 teachers had links to the PKK, which is considered a terrorist organisation by Ankara, the European Union and the United States.
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