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MASS PURGE: Turkey dismisses 7,563 people including police, civil servants
More than 7,563 people including police, civil servants and academics have been dismissed in Turkey after the government issued a new decree under the ongoing state of emergency imposed after last year’s failed coup.
The mass purge is taking place even as Turkey’s government is looking to extend the ongoing state of emergency by another three months, with President Erdogan saying the sweeping powers will only be lifted when “unrest ends”.
“Given the current outlook, we still need state of emergency,” Erdogan said on Friday, as he addressed a human rights seminar ahead of the anniversary of the failed coup.
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Thus far, Turkish authorities have stripped 342 retired army personnel of their ranks and in all, authorities have sacked or suspended more than 150,000 officials, and arrested some 50,000 people from the military, police, judiciary, academia and other sectors.
The new decree came a day before Turkey marks the first anniversary of the failed coup, which Ankara says was organised by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan who has denied the accusation.
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