The Turkish government has commenced a massive
deportation of Nigerian students resident in the country,
TheCable can report.
Rukkaya Usman, a Nigerian student deported from the
country, said the Turkish government does not give a
reason for the action.
Usman, a final year student of political science and
international relations at the University of Melikseh, told
TheCable on Saturday that she arrived in Turkey at 8am
on September 26, but that she was detained at the
airport for about 10 hours after which she was funnelled
into an aircraft for a flight back to Nigeria.
“As I got to the airport, at the immigration; they
(immigration) collected my passport and resident
permit. They started to ask me questions like: ‘what are
you studying?’ ‘What’s your father’s name?’ They took
my passport. This was on September 26. I asked what
was happening. But they said they didn’t know, that it
was a new law, that they were sending me back to my
country,” she narrated.
“They said if I had any questions I should go to my
embassy and ask. I was put in a room. There were about
seven other people. We were locked up in the room;
there were cameras. We were not allowed to talk to
anyone. I was told that my next flight was at 6pm. I
asked for my passport, but they said I would get it when
I get to my country.
“They took me to the plane, and they watched me as I
boarded the aircraft.”
TheCable understands that the Turkish government is in
a drive to deport all Nigerian students at universities
linked to Fethullah Gulen’s Hizmet movement.
Gulen is an Islamic cleric whom President Recep Erdogan
of Turkey considers as his strongest rival.
After the botched July 15 coup, Erdogan launched a
massive crackdown on the investments of Gulen’s
followers.
He blamed Gulen for the coup, but the cleric has denied
the allegation.
A few weeks after the coup, the Turkish government
asked the Nigerian government to shut down all the
schools which had affinity with Gulen. But the Nigerian
government did not oblige them.
The Turkish government has now resorted to deporting
Nigerian students resident in the country.
THISDAY earlier reported how 50 students were arrested
and detained.
Source : https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-turkish-govt-begins-massive-deportation-nigerian-students

What?

What an embarrassment? The Turkish leaders are paranoid. Apparently, It's time to develop our educational sector to avoid such misguided mischief.

And those Turkish schools in Nigeria are still going on with their activities!