Turkey fires 10,000 workers for alleged ties to July coup attempt
By Yvette C. Hammett | Oct. 30, 2016 at 9:36 AM
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- More than 10,000 civil servants were fired from their jobs and 15 media outlets shut down for alleged ties to a deadly July coup attempt in Turkey.
Turkish authorities said all those dismissed, including academics, health workers and teachers, were among those with links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating the failed coup attempt, Yenisafak reported.
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