Turkey’s Ambassador Wants -related to coup- School Closed

In a press conference at the Turkish embassy in the capital yesterday, Ilhan Tug, the Turkish ambassador to Cambodia, claimed that Zaman International School (ZIS) in Phnom Penh was related to the group that recently led the failed coup to overthrow the democratically elected government in Turkey. For this reason, he asked the Cambodian government to close the school as soon as possible.

“We have been in close contact with the Cambodian government and also the members of the parliament regarding the Zaman school in Cambodia. And we have requested all kinds of support to be halted,” said the ambassador. “We would also like to see this Zaman group in Cambodia end all its activities in the near future.” Mr. Tug also said that the Zaman group had been active in Cambodia since 1993, running schools ranging from kindergarten to university.

According to Mr. Tug, the coup attempting to overthrow the elected Turkish government was organized by an Islamic religious group the Turkish government labeled the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization (FETO). “This coup attempt was staged in no uncertain terms by the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization that we call FETO. Our government has been constantly exposing the real motives of this terrorist group and its leader, Fethullah Gulen, to all allies and friends including Cambodia.

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