Turkey dismisses thousands more police, civil servants and academics

 

FILE PHOTO: Turkish military stand guard at the Taksim square as people wave national flags in Istanbul, Turkey, early July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey dismissed more than 7,000 police, civil servants and academics on Friday, the eve of the anniversary of last year's attempted coup.

 

The latest decree is part of a crackdown triggered by the failed coup, which Turkey says was organised by U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of President Tayyip Erdogan. Gulen denies the allegation.

 

In all, Turkey has sacked or suspended more than 150,000 officials, and arrested some 50,000 people from the military, police, judiciary, academia and other sectors.

 

The latest decree dismissed 2,303 police, including some from senior ranks, alongside 302 academics from universities across the country. The decree also stripped 342 retired officers and soldiers of their ranks and grades.

 

More than 240 people, most of them civilians, were killed last July when rogue soldiers tried to overthrow Erdogan's government.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-15

Another failed state in the making.

I have never been to Turkey and have no first-hand knowledge of this situation.  From what I have heard about Erdogan he is doing his best to undo the nearly century year old reforms of Ataturk and change it from a secular state into a fundamentalist Islamic state. 

 

Are the people who he is purging opposed to his political/religious stance?  Or is this a case of two similar figures competing with each other?

The situation in Turkey is deeply troubling and civil war cannot be ruled out. Turks accross Europe will bring the fight to their host countries. DJT cozying up to Erdogan doesn't help matters. He sees potential arms sales but has no idea or interest of future implications.

7 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Another failed state in the making.

Can they send advisors from Turkey to thailand and dismiss same corrupt coup , police , government officials , " thais have know intellectuals no problem within thai education department    , 5 5 5 .

He made a speech stating that the 'sacked' persons had benefited from the State but had committed traitorous acts and from now on could take care of themselves. That is, no pensions no social security etc.

If they were not his enemies before, they are now. Less publicised is the fact that he has confiscated assets of over $10 billion - and who controls them? Yep. Mr. E.

Turkey is no longer a democracy. Detention without trial, loss of job or pension - no proof necessary. UK officials investigating the heroin trade were booted out when 'follow the money' started zeroing in on him and his family ........ Links with ISIS, jihadist groups also keep surfacing (although i do not think ISIS is in his good books since they started suicide bombing in Turkey).