Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Wow

Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended or detained since the coup attempt, stirring tensions across the country of 80 million which borders Syria's chaos and is a Western ally against Islamic State.

  alJazeera
Never mind democracy, that coup attempt was good for Erdoğan.

I guess we can hope that all these people lost was their jobs.
Turkey has revoked the licenses of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions, an Education Ministry official told Reuters.

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Meanwhile, Turkey's High Education Board has ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans at all universities – both public and private – across the country.

  RT
Tyrants always go for the intelligentsia, don't they?
In addition, 399 employees of the Ministry of Family and Social Polices were stripped of their responsibilities on Tuesday, and 257 people working at the office of the prime minister were also sacked, Anadolu reported.

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Thousands of officials suspected of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen – who the government blames for the coup – have also been purged from the judiciary and Interior Ministry.

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A total of 49,337 public sector workers – including military and police personnel – have lost their jobs since Friday, according to Hurriyet.
What are they trying to do? If all those people get together, they really might make a success of a coup.

Any US officials condemning this?
President Barack Obama spoke to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, offering US assistance as Ankara investigates last week's attempted coup, but urging the government to show restraint as it pursues those connected in the failed attempt.

  alJazeera
That should do it.
 Appalled at the mass arrests or firings since Saturday of tens of thousands of judges, educators, bureaucrats, police, and military men, along with some apparent reprisal killings, Secretary of State John Kerry reminded Erdoğan that democracy and due process are requirements for NATO member states.

  The Nation
Yeah, or that.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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