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Turkey culls nearly 1,400 from army, overhauls top military council | Reuters

Turkey culls nearly 1,400 from army, overhauls top military council
ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Turkey | By Yesim Dikmen and David Dolan

Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 more members of its armed forces and stacked the top military council with government ministers on Sunday, moves designed by President Tayyip Erdogan to put him in full control of the military after a failed coup.

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