Over one hundred and forty thousand people have been sacked or suspended from their jobs since July 2016 over alleged links to US-based Islamic cleric FETHULLAH GULEN, accused of ordering the attempted coup.
More than fifty thousand people including journalists have been arrested under the state of emergency imposed last year in a crackdown that has caused international concern.
A total of nine hundred and twenty-eight people were sacked in the latest decree, including civil servants working in the defence, foreign and interior ministries as well as military personnel.
Critics have accused the government of using the state of emergency to crack down on all forms of opposition.
