State Department Suspends Teaching Program in Turkey

The U.S. State Department, citing the current unrest in Turkey, has suspended the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, which sends Americans to teach English in Turkey, The New York Times reported. Fulbright research grants have not been impacted. However, prior to the recent coup attempt and crackdown on civil liberties in Turkey, participants in the State Department's Critical Language Scholarship Program were told that their work in Turkey would be moved to Azerbaijan.