Teachers, alongside parents, staged flashmob meetings in support of the six teachers of Turkish origin, who were expelled from Moldova, at a number of branches of “Orizont” Lyceum in the morning of September 7, IPN reports.

These carried placards saying “We want our teachers back!”, “Bring back our teachers to the lyceum!”, “Bring back our colleagues!”, “Let’s help our teachers!”, “We support our teachers”, “We want to work in peace and safety” etc.

On the Facebook page of “Orizont” Lyceum, it is said that representatives of the education institution will come together before the Parliament Building on September 7 at 2:30pm.

On September 6, seven foreign citizens, among who principals and teachers of “ Orizont” Lyceum, were declared undesirable over alleged links to an Islamic group and expelled from Moldova. The Security and Intelligence Service said the decisions were taken in a move to ensure national security.

According to the Government’s press service, Prime Minister Pavel Filip requested the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research to take all the necessary measures to ensure the proper functioning of the private lyceum where the Turkish citizens who were expelled from Moldova worked. The Government also asked the Security and Intelligence service to present additional information about this case so that the situation could be analyzed objectively. President Igor Dodon also asked for information.