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April 27, 2017

Turkey Arrests Over 1,000 and Fires 9,000 Police in Massive Purge
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In Turkey, police carried out a wave of arrests at dawn on Wednesday,
rounding up over 1,000 people accused of supporting dissident cleric
Fethullah Gülen, who's accused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of
plotting last year's failed coup attempt. Turkish authorities said they
issued more than 4,600 arrest warrants and suspended more than 9,000
police officers accused of backing Gülen, who lives in the Poconos
Mountains in Pennsylvania. President Erdogan has repeatedly demanded
that the U.S. extradite Gülen. Nearly 50,000 people have been arrested
under emergency rule since Turkey's military failed in an attempt to
oust Erdogan last July.


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