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Two weeks after the elections, more than 18,000 civil servants were released by emergency order. Among them, thousands of police officers, members of the army, but also teachers and academic staff.
Seeking to crack down after his reelection: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici / AP (Ankara, July 7, 2018))
An emergency decree issued by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday in Turkey ordered further massive layoffs of civil servants and military personnel. A total of 18,632 officials were published by publication in the Official Journal.
Police Officers, Military Personnel, Justice Officials
Some 9,000 police officers and 6,000 servicemen must leave their employment because they would have participated in one or the other attempted coup d'etat State two years ago. The rest of the officials or employees come mainly from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 38 of which are currently stationed abroad.
According to unofficial statements, the emergency decree is the last before the state of emergency. expires. Erdogan had announced during the election campaign that the state of emergency would no longer be prolonged. If this is the case, since the state coup on 15. A total of 160000 members of the civil service were dismissed in July 2016 and the state of emergency that followed, and about 700,000 have been charged. Erdogan thus imposed the largest purge of Turkish history.
An Entire Society Examined
As he and his government accused the coup attempt of the Gülen movement and its leader Fetullah Gülen, the whole society was planned for real or supposed supporters of Gülen. Since the AKP Erdogans has been working closely with the movement for more than ten years, Erdogan knew where to look.
Mistrust was directed after the coup d'etat, especially against his own security apparatus, in which there were many supporters of Gülen. In particular, the police were routinely infiltrated by Gülen's cliques, reported years before the coup d'etat. But as long as Erdogan cooperated with the Gülen movement, his members of the police and justice were inviolable. Paranoia has known no limit after the coup d'etat. In addition to the Gülen movement, Erdogan and the AKP have also targeted many opposition members, critical journalists and intellectuals. Nearly 150 journalists are still in detention or, like last Friday, six former "Zaman" journalists were sentenced to long prison terms in the first instance.
End of the post-coup era
With the expected oath This Monday, the new president of Erdogan officially puts an end to the post-coup era era. . With the swearing in, the new presidential system officially enters into force. Erdogan wants to present his new firm today or tomorrow. Erdogan will appoint one or more vice-presidents. Addressing the ACP Group, Erdogan said over the weekend that the biggest problem remains a possible coup attempt. Also, to avoid this, state restructuring should continue rapidly.
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