Turkey discharges generals, shuts media outlets after coup

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AFP Ankara
Last Updated : Jul 28 2016 | 1:42 AM IST
Turkey today said it was discharging 149 generals and ordering the closure of dozens of media outlets in the next phase of its controversial crackdown in the wake of the failed coup.
Eighty seven land army generals, 30 air force generals, and 32 admirals -- a total of 149 -- were being dishonourably discharged from the military over their complicity in the coup bid, a Turkish official said, confirming a government decree published in the official gazette.
Meanwhile the closure was ordered of three news agencies, 16 television stations, 23 radio stations, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishers, the official gazette added.
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First Published: Jul 28 2016 | 1:42 AM IST

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