Recep Tayyip Suspended 12, 801 Police Officers

World News Nilgun Salim
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Turkish authorities suspended 12,801 police officers from their positions because they allegedly were linked to the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by the Ankara Administration of orchestrating the failed coup from July.

From the 12,801 policemen, 2,523 were chiefs. During his campaign of ‘cleaning’ Turkey from ‘gulenists’, President Recep Tayyip fired more than 100,000 civilians, teachers, judges, prosecutors, and doctors.

The Turkish Government announced on Monday its decision to prolong the emergency state initiated after the attempted coup for another 90 days.

Ankara official Noman Kurtulmus stated during a press conference that the decision to maintain the emergency state was taken ‘to destroy the terrorist organizations’.

Kurtulmus said that the order will enter into force on October 19 when the first three months will end.

The opposition opposed vehemently towards the prolonged state of emergency, threatening the Turkish President of organizing another coup.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan initiated the state of emergency on July, 2, pointing out that this will allow the authorities to take quick measures against those who support the Gulen movement and attempted to overthrow the government.

The Turkish executive announced the news of firing 12,801 police officers on Tuesday morning. The decision is just one of the numerous security measures following the 90 days state of emergency. Recep Tayyip labeled the suspended officers as ‘gulenists’, reports Reuters.

The total number of active police officers in Turkey is 250,000. Turkey’s western allies fear Erdogan is using the failed coup as a pretext to curtail all dissent and to intensify his actions against suspected Kurdish militant sympathizers.