Turkey issued two decrees under emergency rule on Wednesday in which it dismissed more than 2,000 police officers and hundreds of members of the military. The decrees, published in the state’s Official Gazette on Wednesday, also included a decision to close a telecoms authority and another decision under which the president appoints the head of the armed forces.

Those dismissed were described as having links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the failed putsch on July 15. Gulen denies involvement in the coup.

The latest dismissals included 2,360 police officers, more than 100 military personnel and 196 staff in the BTK technology authority, according to the decrees, issued under a three-month state of emergency which came into force on July 21.

Alongside tens of thousands of civil servants suspended or dismissed, more than 35,000 people have been detained in a massive purge since the failed coup when a group of rogue soldiers commandeered tanks, warplanes, and helicopters in an attempt to overthrow the government.

 

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