Thousand fired in new wave of Turkey coup purges
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By AFP 4 hours ago in World
Turkey has dismissed over 6,000 people and ordered the closure of dozens of associations under the state of emergency imposed after the July failed coup, in a purge that shows no sign of slowing.
More than 100,000 people have already been suspended or sacked so far in a crackdown on those alleged to have links to coup-plotters while dozens of media outlets have been shut down.
In the latest government decrees published late Friday, 2,687 police officers were dismissed.
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