Some 785 members of Turkey's labor ministry sacked following coup, minister says
ANKARA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Some 785 members of Turkey's labor ministry have been sacked for ties to the U.S.-based cleric who Ankara blames for orchestrating a failed coup in July, Turkey's labor minister said on Thursday.
Mehmet Muezzinoglu made the comment at a meeting with reporters in the capital, Ankara. Some 100,000 people in the military, civil service, police and judiciary have been sacked or suspended following the failed July 15 coup attempt, when a group of rogue soldiers attempted to topple the government.
(Reporting by Ercan Gurses and Ece Toksabay; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Larry King)
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