In the wake of the failed coup, Turkey has again sacked 18,000 soldiers, police, teachers and civil servants

The Turkish government has returned more than 18,000 members of the military, police, academia and civil servants, before a two-year coup attempt that failed in 2016.

This decision follows the victory of President Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential election last month and before his presidential performance on Monday (09/07) tomorrow.

The purges announced Sunday (08/07) the last after an attempted coup coup failed two years ago.

According to the Turkish media, this policy is the latest wave of layoffs.

The official statement of the Turkish government mentions 18,632 people fired, including 8,998 police officers and 6,152 soldiers, according to the AFP news agency.

According to the Reuters news agency, 199 academics were fired from the country's universities.

Up to now, the Turkish authorities have dismissed some 160,000 civil servants since the attempted coup d'etat. the military failed, according to the US Human Rights Office in March

Of the detainees, more than 50,000 have already been tried and are currently in prison.

As reported Reuters, Turkey's alleged denial from this group of opponents invited Western countries to criticize

They accused President Tayyip Erdogan of using the military state coup as a pretext to muzzle opposition groups.

chance, Erdogan said that steps have been taken to reduce the threat to national security.