12 minutes ago18,000 civil servants fired in Turkey
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Turkey issued a decree this Sunday, through which more than 18 thousand civil servants, nearly half of whom come from the ranks of police forces, just prior to the possible removal this month of the emergency situation, imposed for two years, that after the failed coup effort [...]
The decree comes after President Recep Tayip Erdogan's victory in last month's presidential election, just one day before he takes the oath, already at the helm of a powerful executive presidency.
The edict in question dismissed 199 academics from universities throughout the country, as well as more than 5,000 members of the Armed Forces.
Turkish authorities, in fact, according to what the UN Human Rights Office declared during the month of March, has dismissed about 160 thousand civil servants since the failed military stamp.
Among the detainees or detainees, more than 50,000 people have faced formal charges and have been kept in jail even during the trial.
Turkey's Western allies have sharply criticised this cleansing campaign. President Erdogan's critics accuse him of using the failed coup in the state as an excuse to suppress dissidents. Turkey, in turn, explains that measures are necessary to combat threats to national security.
