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Over 10,000 Sacked in New Turkey Post-Coup Purge
[AnNahar] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has sacked another 10,000 coppers, judges, prosecutors and academics, according to a decree published Friday, as the state continued a purge within public services following July's failed coup. A total of 7,669 police were dismissed in the latest swoop on suspected coup plotters or supporters, along with 323 personnel in the gendarmerie, which looks after domestic security. A further 543 prosecutors and judges were also dismissed, bringing the total of those removed from the judiciary to 3,390, NTV channel reported. The state's post-coup crackdown on higher education also continued, with 2,346 academics getting the sack, along with 28,000 others in education, including thousands of teachers. Also Friday, the justice minister said tens of thousands of convicts who were tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! before the putsch had been freed, under an initiative apparently aimed at relieving pressure on prisons which are bursting with coup suspects. To fill the gaping holes left in the judiciary, the state has invited judges and prosecutors who took early retirement to apply to return. The latest sweep also involved the dismissal of more than 800 military personnel, most of whom were already under arrest. A total of 4,451 military personnel have been sacked since July, including scores of generals. - 34,000 convicts released - Announcing the prisoner release, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said it involved people tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for minor offences. "As of yesterday evening, 33,838 prisoners and detainees have been released," Bozdag said during a ministerial meeting in Ankara led by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that was broadcast live. The government said it was not an amnesty and that it would not apply to those tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for murder, terrorism or crimes against state security, nor would it involve any of those held in connection with the coup. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, the total capacity of Turkey's prisons is 187,351 people. Since July 15, the number of those in jug has swelled to more than 200,000. Yildirim said that 40,000 people were tossed into the calaboose in July, of which 20,000 were remanded in jug. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-09-03 |
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