Turkey dismissed more than 7,000 police, soldiers and ministry officials under a new decree published today under a state of emergency imposed after last year's failed coup, state media reported. A total of 7,563 people -- including police -- have been dismissed in the latest purge, the Anadolu news agency reported. The new decree came a day before Turkey marks the first anniversary of a military-led bid to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey blamed the failed putsch on US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who denies the accusations, and vowed to root out his "virus" from state institutions. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 14, 2017 19:07 UTC