Turkey on Tuesday dismissed close to 15,000 more civil servants, military officials, police and others and shut down more than 500 institutions and news outlets in investigations over a failed coup in July, authorities said in two official decrees. Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, has denied involvement and condemned the coup. Erdogan has rejected such criticism, saying Turkey is determined to root out its enemies at home and abroad, and could reintroduce the death penalty. The decrees also announced the closing of some 375 institutions, 18 charities, and nine media outlets. Turkey has closed more than 130 media outlets since July.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2016 06:29 UTC