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Turkey dismisses over 540 judges, prosecutors

Xinhua, September 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

More than 540 judges and prosecutors were dismissed from their posts over suspected links to Gulen's movement, Turkish top judicial board announced Thursday.

The general assembly of Turkish Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) decided to dismiss 543 suspended judges and prosecutors, Anadolu Agency reported.

On August 24, HSYK had dismissed a total of 2,847 judges and prosecutors under a statutory decree during Turkey's current three-month state of emergency after the July 15 coup attempt.

Meanwhile, a total of 475 members of Turkey's biggest business association have resigned since the start of the investigation into the coup attempt, Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci said Thursday.

Tufenkci said that the members leaving the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey amounted to some five percent of the total number of association members.

The Turkish government declared a state of emergency and launched a massive crackdown on Gulen's supporters in the aftermath of the coup attempt.

At least 81,000 people have been suspended or dismissed from state organizations over suspected links to Gulen's movement, referred by Ankara as Fethullah Terrorist Organization. Endit