Die besluit volg ná die mislukte staatsgreep wat gelei het tot die sluit van universiteite. 

Die groep studente uit die Vrystaat is in Meimaand na Turkye om hul studies in ingenieurswese, ekonomie, bestuur en sielkunde voort te sit. Hulle is egter nou terug in Suid-Afrika. 'n Verdere 37 studente, wat ook in Turkye studeer, was in Suid-Afrika met vakansie toe die geweld uitgebreek het.

'n Woordvoerder van die Vrystaatse premier, Setjaba Maphalla, sê die studente se veiligheid was die dryfveer vir die besluit om hulle terug te bring.

“Once there is an attempted coup of a government, even a man on the street may invariably be in danger. In terms of them being directly in danger, they were not. We recalled the students before anything could happen. We're waiting for the situation to be normalised. As to where the students will be placed is the prerogative of the executive council, they may even go back to Turkey,” sê Maphalla.

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