Turkey dismisses 262 under new decree
Xinhua,January 13, 2018 Adjust font size:
ANKARA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkey announced the dismissal of 262 personnel in line with a new statutory decree released on Friday.
According to the new decree published in the Official Gazette, 48 personnel were sacked from the Turkish Armed Forces, among whom 18 were from the land forces and 30 from the naval forces.
A total of 1,823 people, however, were reinstated. They had been dismissed for allegedly using the ByLock app., an encrypted mobile phone application used by Gulenists to communicate during and after a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based preacher, is accused by Ankara of orchestrating the failed coup.
The Turkish government declared a state of emergency and launched a massive crackdown on Gulen's supporters in the aftermath of the coup attempt. Enditem