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Turkey Shuts Media, Sacks Civil Servants In Latest Crackdown

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Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U. S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July. More than 100,000 people had already been sacked or suspended and 37,000 arrested since the abortive putsch … Read more

Turkey Sacks 10,000 More Civil Servants

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Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U. S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed coup in July. Thousands of academics, teachers and health workers were among those removed through a new emergency rule decree published on the Official Gazette late on Saturday while … Read more