This Gulen cat is really getting under Erdogan's skin

The Erdogan regime is cleaning house where Turkey's educational system is concerned, and it seems to be an attempt to eradicate any influence of the exiled cleric with whom Erdogan was aligned until 2013.

Turkey’s post-coup crackdown took a more sinister turn on Tuesday after tens of thousands of teachers were fired and all the country’s university deans were told they faced suspension. 

The licenses of 21,000 staff working in private schools were revoked, more than 15,000 employees at the education ministry were sacked, and the state-run higher education council demanded the resignation of 1,577 university deans.

The purge is part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s heavy-handed attempt to root out supporters of Fethullah Gülen, the US-based cleric accused of orchestrating the failed revolt, whose movement is accused of infiltrating state institutions. 

Foreign minister Cavusoglu has cancelled his Washington trip. A "big announcement" coming.

It's a new day in Turkey.