Baku, Azerbaijan, July 27
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkey has dismissed 1,180 employees of the country’s Ministry of Labor and Social Security as part of the fight against the movement of Fethullah Gulen, Milliyet newspaper reported July 27.
It is expected that the number of dismissed people will rise.
Turkey is carrying out cleansing in almost all state institutions after the attempted coup in the country.
According to Turkey’s Interior Ministry, 15,846 people were detained on July 27, 10,000 of which are servicemen. Meanwhile, 8,133 of them were arrested.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
President Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in the country on July 20.
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