Turkey fires 3,900 in second post-referendum purge
Turkey on Saturday expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in the second major purge since President Recep ErdoÄan was granted sweeping new powers in a referendum. The expulsions affected prison guards, clerks, academics, employees of the religious affairs directorate and 1,200 members of the armed forces including nearly 600 officers.