Rukiye Öztürk, a Turkish woman who was removed from her job as a Quran teacher over her alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of Turkish government massive post-coup witch hunt, has died of brain tumor, Turkish media reported on Wednesday.
Öztürk was on public payroll with her job as a Quran teacher registered with Turkey’s Religious Directorate until she was dismissed over her alleged Gulen movement links a year after the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Shortly after she was sacked, her husband was also jailed by a Turkish court pending trial over his alleged links to the movement. Öztürk has passed away due to brain tumor leaving two children behind, media said.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 15. On December 13, 2017 the Justice Ministry announced that 169,013 people have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on April 18, 2018 that the Turkish government had jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
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