Officials: Saudi Arabia closed Turkey language schools for political reasons
Officials: Saudi Arabia closed Turkey language schools for political reasons People chant slogans and hold posters in protest of Saudi Arabia's actions in Yemen during a protest outside the Saudi Arabian consulate on November 11, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] March 16, 2021 at 12:26 pm A number of Turkish officials have said that Saudi Arabia's decision to close Turkish language schools in several cities across the kingdom last year was a "purely political" move, local media reported. A spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Education, Ahmet Emre Bilgili, said: "Des...