Turkey suspends 291 navy personnel over links to failed coup[AlAhram]
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suspended from duty 168 officers and 123 non-commissioned officers from its navy over alleged links to a coup attempt in July, the defence ministry said on Sunday, as the government continues its purge.
It also dismissed 15 officers and 4 non-commissioned officers from the navy, the statement said.
Since the failed coup attempt, more than 110,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants have been suspended or dismissed and 36,000 formally incarcerated
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in a crackdown that President Tayyip Erdogan's critics say is quashing legitimate opposition.
French Journalist Detained in Turkey
[AnNahar] A French news website says one of its journalists has been detained in
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, and it is demanding his immediate release.
Les Jours website says Olivier Bertrand was detained Friday, along with a Turkish photographer, while conducting an interview in the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria. The photographer was subsequently released.
No reason was given for Bertrand's detention, Les Jours said, and Turkish officials could not immediately be reached for confirmation.
The website says Bertrand was working on a series about the aftermath of Turkey's failed coup in July, which resulted in a massive crackdown on the followers of an Islamic movement blamed for the attempt.