Albania’s government has been accused of caving in to Turkey’s authoritarian President after on Thursday it abruptly closed a school affiliated with the exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, without giving clear reasons.
After public criticism of the decision, the Minister of Education, Evis Kushi, on Friday said their licence was revoked because the location of the building of Mehmet Akif College had been changed without permission, and so it not longer met the conditions.
“They started the 2022-2023 academic year in another location and environment not approved by the Ministry of Education and Sports, which is without relevant legal certification in terms of building standards,” Kushi wrote on Facebook.
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