Turkish President Suspends, Arrests 50K-Plus People After Failed Coup Attempt
by Edwin Mora19 Jul 2016Washington, D.C. 15
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has either suspended or detained nearly 50,000 people as part of a purge of the army, police, and the courts that expanded to universities and schools in the wake of a failed military coup attempt, according to the country’s intelligence service and religious authorities.
“Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended or detained since the coup attempt, stirring tensions across the country of 80 million which borders Syria’s chaos and is a Western ally against Islamic State [ISIS/ISIL],” reports Reuters.
The news agency did not breakdown the 50,000 figure.
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