Turkey sacks 10K more civil servants, shuts 15 media outlets
ISTANBUL: Turkey's state-run news agency says 10,131 more civil servants have been dismissed for alleged ties to terrorism while 15 mostly pro-Kurdish media outlets also have been shut down.
The dismissals were announced in the latest governmental decree issued over the weekend.
Turkey declared a state of emergency following the July 15 coup attempt allowing the government to rule by decree. It has since suspended tens of thousands of people from civil service over suspected links to terrorist organisations.
The latest dismissals include 2,534 personnel from the Justice Ministry, 2,219 from the Education Ministry, 2,774 from the Health Ministry, 1,267 from higher education institutions and 101 from the armed forces.
The same decree also shut down 15 mostly pro-Kurdish media outlets on similar grounds.
