TURKEY: Govt sacks 2,766 civil servants over ”terror” links

Turkey has dismissed 2,766 people from their posts in state institutions over alleged links to “terror” organisations, according to an emergency decree published in the country’s official legal database. On Sunday, a decree in the Official Gazette said 637 military, 360 gendarmerie personnel, 61 police and four coastguard members were among those sacked. Some 341 […]

Turkey has dismissed 2,766 people from their posts in state institutions over alleged links to “terror” organisations, according to an emergency decree published in the country’s official legal database.

On Sunday, a decree in the Official Gazette said 637 military, 360 gendarmerie personnel, 61 police and four coastguard members were among those sacked.

Some 341 people were dismissed from the Directorate of Religious Affairs.

The rest were civil servants from other institutions.