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Turkey dismisses 1,000 police officers due to alleged ties to terrorist organizations
Turkey’s Security Directorate General has dismissed from service or canceled the retirement benefits of 1,000 current or retired police officers based on a government...
Turkey’s top court finds no rights violation in cases of 2 dismissed mayors
The Turkish Constitutional Court has found no violation of rights in the cases of two former mayors from pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır...
21 teachers dismissed from their jobs in SE Turkey over ‘terrorist ties’
Twenty-one teachers who were detained in November 2020 as part of a terrorism investigation have been fired from their jobs based on a government...
Police officer forced to work in construction after post-coup purge dies in occupational accident
Yurdal Gökçe, 41, a former police officer who was dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, died...
Turkish police intervene in protests against gov’t removal of 3 Kurdish mayors
Turkish police on Monday intervened with force in
demonstrations in several cities protesting a government decision to remove the
mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van, according...
Turkish gov’t fires 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges
Turkey’s Interior Ministry fired three elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained more than 400 people on terrorism charges on...
Critical journalist says Erdoğan ordered her dismissal from CNN Türk
Nevşin Mengü , a
journalist critical of the government who used to work for Turkish broadcaster
CNN Türk, has said she was fired from the TV...
32 detained in Diyarbakır for protesting dismissals under gov’t decree
Turkish police detained 32 members of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK), some of whom were dismissed under a government decree issued...
Pro-peace academics, atheist among 2,346 dismissed from universities
Academics who signed a pro-peace declaration earlier this year and an atheist associate professor are among 2,346 academics who were removed from their posts...