Turkey destroys 300,000 legalist books

More than 300 thousand books have been removed and later removed from Turkish schools and libraries, following the coup effort three years ago.

Education Minister Ziya Selcuk has stated that along the government's initiative to wipe out everything related to Fetullah Gülen, the Muslim clergyman who is accused of inciting the pot, 301,878 books have been destroyed.

In turn, Gülen has flatly denied possible involvement. The figures in question were first published by the well - known Hürriyet newspaper, along with images of book burning.

According to Website “Torgy”, which is self-communicated as “a small group of young journalists who are trying to be the voice of the Turkish people in a oppressive regime”, in 2016 a mathematical book was strictly banned simply for the fact that in one of the book's requests, Gülen's Inicalets were located. Thus, the exercise said that the student would go from point F to G, which was considered by relevant authority completely unacceptable and provocative.

In December 2016, the Turkish newspaper “BurGun” found 1.8 million textbooks to be reprinted later, as they contained the word Pennsylvania in text, the place where Gülen is currently living in the US.

Similarly, in Ankara, all roads bearing Gulen's name have been renamed.