随着土耳其针对国家官员的"清理"行动进一步扩大，该国逾1.5万名教育工作者在上周未遂政变发生后遭停职。

　　A total of 1,577 university deans have also been ordered to resign and the licenses of 21,000 teachers working at private institutions revoked.

　　共有1577名高校系科负责人还被要求辞职，2.1万名私立学校教师被吊销执照。

　　The ministry of education accused them of links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric the Turkish government says was behind the uprising, BBC reported. Gulen denies any involvement in the coup attempt.

　　据BBC报道，土耳其教育部指控他们与在美传教士费图拉·居伦有关系，土耳其政府称居伦是政变的幕后黑手。不过居伦否认了参与政变的任何企图。

　　土耳其史无前例的清理行动扩大至教育界

　　Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed to take action against Mr Gulen's supporters.

　　土耳其总理比纳勒·耶尔德勒姆誓言要对居伦的支持者采取行动。

　　"I'm sorry but this parallel terrorist organisation will no longer be an effective pawn for any country," Mr Yildirim said, according to Reuters news agency. "We will dig them up by their roots so that no clandestine terrorist organisation will have the nerve to betray people again."耶尔德勒姆在接受路透社采访时表示：“我对此表示遗憾。但是平行组织将不再会是任何一个国家的重要手段了。我们会将其连根拔起，这样就没有秘密恐怖组织胆敢再背叛人民了。”

　　The army, judiciary, security and civil service have all been targeted following the coup attempt. A total of 59,628 people have been suspended, fired or stripped of professional accreditation, according to Bloomberg calculations.

　　未遂政变发生后，土耳其军队、司法部门、公安部门、行政部门均遭"清理"。据彭博社估算，共有59628人遭停职、解雇或吊销专业资格认证。