Turkey sacks 18,500 staff before expected end of coup emergency
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2018. ADEM ALTAN / AFP
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The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers over suspected links to terror organisations that "act against national security", in what could be the last of the purges under emergency rule.
