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Turkey Shuts Down Media, Fires More Troops

posted by n1 on Friday July 29 2016, @01:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the solving-the-problem dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

The Turkish government continues to take action against soldiers and institutions after this month's failed coup attempt.

Amid a state of emergency, 45 newspapers, 16 television stations and three news agencies have been closed, state-run news agency Anadolu said Wednesday.

Anadolu said nearly 1,700 soldiers -- including 87 generals -- have been fired.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week said actions were being taken to remove the "threat" raised during the attempt. Officials have fired or suspended tens of thousands as the government intensifies its vast purge.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/world/turkey-failed-coup-media-soldiers/index.html

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday July 29 2016, @02:35PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday July 29 2016, @02:35PM (#381546)

    Voting to abandon democracy seems like one of those things where you should require at least a 2/3 majority :P

    Otherwise congratulations, you're probably in the 49% who get fucked over.

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