Turkey fires 10,000 more civil servants, shuts media outlets

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  • Author(s): By:CINAR KIPER Associated Press
  • Source:
    Associated Press News Service, The, October 30, 2016 International, 2pp
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    • Abstract:
      ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey expanded its sweeping post-coup crackdown over the weekend, issuing two new governmental decrees that dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants and shutting down 15 mostly pro-Kurdish media outlets. The decrees were passed Saturday, also instituting changes in due process and university administration. Turkey declared a state of emergency soon after the July 15 coup attempt allowing the government to rule by decree with limited parliamentary involvement...