Turkey sacks 7,400 civil servants on anniversary of coup

More than 50,000 people have been detained since the coup a year ago - seen by the President's supporters as an attack on Turkey.

 

Turkish authorities have sacked 7,400 civil servants on the first anniversary of the failed military coup.

President Erdogan's government dismissed teachers, academics, military and police officers for alleged links to terror groups, bringing the total number of coup-related dismissals to 110,000.
Around 350 soldiers were also stripped of their ranks in the latest action.