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Turkey dismisses over 6000 officials under emrgency rule

Turkey dismissed over 6,000 more police, civil servants and academics under emergency rule, continuing a purge in the wake of a failed coup last July.<br/><br/>This is according to decrees issued in the Official Gazette. The decrees also stated that individuals overseas who are being sought by the Turkish authorities might have their citizenship removed if they fail to return within three months.<br/><br/>Some 1 lakh 20,000 people have been suspended or dismissed since the coup, although thousands of them have since been restored to their posts. More than 41,000 have been jailed pending trial out of 1 lakh who have faced investigation.<br/><br/>Parliament, dominated by the ruling AK Party, voted this week to extend emergency rule by another three months.<br/>

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