Since the botched attempt to take control, 9,000 people have been detained

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University professors and deans are among the 17,000 teachers and administrators and other public sector workers cut.

The High Education Board has ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans at all universities across Turkey.

An official at the education ministry said: "The licences of 21,000 teachers working in privately-run institutions have been cancelled.

“Tip-offs that these (people) are mostly linked with terrorist activities have been taken into consideration.”