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FIRE-EARTH Report (Turkey 14): How Much Worse Could it Really Get, Before…
Background:
Erdogan government has again sacked about 4,000 more public officials in its latest purge related to July 2016 failed coup.
Additionally, more than 9,000 police officers were suspended and a further 1,000 arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of having links to the cleric Fethullah Gulen.
More than 160,000 employees both in the public and private sectors have now been sacked and up to 60,000 others arrested over the past 10 months.