{"id":10451,"date":"2016-07-29T04:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T04:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10451"},"modified":"2016-07-29T04:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T04:06:43","slug":"turkey-extends-coup-clampdown-to-nigeria-wants-17-turkish-schools-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10451","title":{"rendered":"Turkey extends coup clampdown to Nigeria, wants 17 \u201cTurkish\u201d schools closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, has called on the Nigerian Government to close 17 Turkish schools in Nigeria for their alleged links with a movement his government says was involved in the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador, who made the call when the vice chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Shehu Sani, paid him a courtesy visit, said the Turkish Government had nothing to do with the schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ambassador, investigations by the Turkish government showed that a movement led by US-based Fethullah Gulen was responsible for the failed coup attempt, which claimed over 200 lives.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Turkish government was dissociating itself from any school bearing the country\u2019s name in Nigeria, adding that while the country had schools in other countries, it had none in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are requesting the Nigerian Government to close down the schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have requested officially, both orally and in writing, the closure of these schools. Also, I have sent a letter to Mr Geoffrey Onyeama (Foreign Minister) and Mr Abba Kyari (Chief of Staff to the President) about this subject and requested their support for the closure of the schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will also send letters to the Chairmen of Committees on Foreign Affairs in the National Assembly as well as the Senate Majority Leader over the issue and I am going to enclose some documents in English on how the group members are engaged in the army, police and the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria, there are 17 schools, which belong to the Gulen Movement, one in Kano, one in Kaduna, one in Abuja, Lagos etc and they are offering scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are starting some legal procedures to take the name of Turkish out of the name of the schools. They are not the schools of the Turkish Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are misleading the public and allocating scholarships to the children of the high bureaucracy and after they graduate from school, they send the children to Turkey to attend their universities,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said the Turkish government had closed down all schools linked to the movement in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurkish government has already closed down all primary, secondary, high schools and universities owned by the group in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our system, it is allowed for the foundation to establish schools if they fulfill some requirements and that is how they established these schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue that the Turkish Government has attached so much importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, my Minister called Mr Onyeama and briefed him about these schools because they are raising funds through the schools and they are using these funds for illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a matter of national security for us in Turkey. I have instructions from my government to follow up this matter and we will be very happy to obtain the support of Nigerian legislators on that issue,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>He promised to engage other relevant government officials on the matter, adding that \u201cI will take the matter up to the Federal Executive Council. I have also requested an audience with the Minister of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may be aware that the government of Turkey started to investigate those responsible for the coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really clear that the Gulen Movement is behind the coup. There are some testimonies by detained military officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are confessing that they are in connection with the Gulen Movement and they have been members of the Gulen Movement for a long time and they have been planning this coup for a long time, nearly five months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of Turkey has started to take some legal actions against the leader of the movement. He is now based in the United States. His extradition is a legal matter between Turkey and United States,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the relations between Nigeria and Turkey, the ambassador said he was optimistic that the trade between the two countries, which declined due to the drop in oil price, would pick up soon.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cat.fr.eu.criteo.com\/delivery\/lg.php?cppv=1&amp;cpp=XsFeWXwrVTdZTklXWWgyRUMyMXlFY25KSE5ISEUzczV2amJkREt0Q0RuQjBMTVYrbWVZVW9OUGZva010SWpyMTNJdTU3R2ZxZ3labE9MUDIvNFE5M3BaTitLbHhlckxidGY1cFhDMWRQQlYvdkRYcnBtMFhlZDJyN1E0N1JNUTJLWE0xbmNSYng3azBwdTFEQTYvTHlYR3lFcWt1YlJaY3hmeGk2NXlweGdlQzJvTlNRclNHczlpL1FWZW1yMkFRdkoxSk1nQnNVN25Md2V0VXVWUTQ5ZHdaWnhaNEFuNjZhNmZxenlHU3ZqbGhTNDBZPXw%3D\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10089\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sani, said Turkey had the legitimate right to be concerned about its security in view of the failed coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, urged the Turkish government to operate within the ambits of the law in bringing those responsible for the incidence to book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the world should identify and reason with you because if the coup had succeeded there could have been bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a legitimate right to continue to raise them and for our government to look into them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I will say is that I will urge you to use the instrument of democracy, liberty and constitutional right to bring to book those who are involved in that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Turkey-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10377\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Turkey-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Turkey-1-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Turkey-1-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Turkey-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, has called on the Nigerian Government to close 17 Turkish schools in Nigeria for their alleged links with a movement his government says was involved in the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey. 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