ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's education ministry has shut down 626 institutions as part of a crackdown on supporters of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by the government of masterminding a failed military coup, a ministry official said on Wednesday.
A majority of the institutions are private educational establishments, the official added.
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