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Failed Coup Turning Out to Be Successful Purge in Turkey
Hannah Gold · 07/23/16 11:10AMOn Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enacted an emergency decree to shutter thousands of institutions across the country, including private schools and charities, Reuters reports. The emergency decree is Erdogan’s first since imposing a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday after a military insurrection against his government failed a week ago.
Turkey's Government Reports Thousands of Military Personnel Detained, 265 People Dead After Failed Coup
Hannah Gold · 07/16/16 10:30AMTurkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced there have been 265 casualties and 1,440 wounded as a result of clashes between military personnel and government forces following an attempted military coup in Turkey, the New York Times reports. Yildirim also said that 2,839 military personnel have been detained.