Turkey academics banned from going abroad
Online Desk
20 Jul 2016 06:40 AM
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Turkey has temporarily banned all academics from travelling abroad, officials say.
The move follows last week's failed coup and comes amid a wide-ranging purge of state employees, reports BBC.
More than 50,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended. including about 21,000 teachers.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is chairing meetings of his national security council and cabinet in the capital, Ankara.
It is the first time since he has returned to the city after the attempted coup on Friday.
The reporters in Ankara say that the meeting will be the president's first chance since the coup attempt to sit and talk in person with all key members of the government and armed forces.
