Baku – APA. Turkey’s Interior Ministry has suspended 8,777 officials following the failed coup attempt of July 15, including police officers, governors and gendarmerie officers, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Personnel suspended from their duties on July 18 included 7,899 police officers, 614 gendarmerie officers, 30 provincial governors and 47 district governors.
A list of the suspended personnel was sent to the provincial chiefs by Police Chief Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz.
The suspended police officers were called to the provincial police headquarters throughout the night and their weapons and police IDs were confiscated.
The operation within the police department came in the wake of a failed coup attempt that started late July 15 and was crushed on June 16. At least 290 people, including more than 100 coup supporters, were killed during the attempt.
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Baku – APA. As many as 7,850 police officers believed to be members of the Gulenist terror organization (FETO) have been sacked in Turkey following the failed coup attempt Friday night, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.
The police officers’ weapons and personal documents were confiscated, said the paper.
The list of those to be fired was submitted to all provinces in Ankara.
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