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The July 14, 2017, Decree Law No. 692, in eight articles and seven appended lists, provides for the dismissal from their jobs of more than 7,000 people and the reinstatement of 312 public workers to their posts. (Olaganüstü Hal Kapsaminda Bazi Tedbirler Alinmasi Hakkinda Kanun Hükmünde Kararname [Decree on Some Measures to Be Taken During the State of Emergency], KHK No. 692, RESMÎ GAZETE, No. 30124 (Mükerrer) [Duplicate] (July 14, 2017); Turkey Dismisses over 7,000 Police, Soldiers, Ministry Officials with New Emergency Decree, HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS (July 15, 2017).) As in the case of dismissals under previous decrees, those let go were persons deemed to have a link with terrorist organizations or with groups determined to have been acting against Turkey’s national security. (Turkey Dismisses over 7,000 Police, Soldiers, Ministry Officials with New Emergency Decree, supra.) The largest number of those dismissed, 2,303 individuals, were policemen. The lists also include 1,486 dismissals from the Interior Ministry, 789 from the Ministry of Health, 551 from the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), 546 from the Naval and Air Forces, 418 from the Ministry of Justice, 356 from the Higher Education Board, 102 from the Ministry of Education, and 45 from the Foreign Ministry. (Id.) Among the dismissed was former Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu. (Id.) Decree No. 692 also stripped the ranks and grades of 342 retired Turkish Armed Forces personnel and the sports medals of former footballers Hakan Sükür and Arif Erdem. (Id.) The July Decree Law only granted one previously shut-down institution the right to re-open and only re-instated one discharged student. (New Emergency Decree in Turkey Orders for More Dismissals, BÄ°RGÜN DAÄ°LY More than 7,000 people were dismissed with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette on July 14. |
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INFORMATION NOTE REGARDING THE DECREE LAW NO. 692 OF 14 JULY 2017 ON CERTAIN MEASURES TO BE TAKEN UNDER THE STATE OF EMERGENCY | |
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Measures taken in respect of public officials: A number of public officials who have membership, affiliation or connection to terrorist organisations were dismissed from their duties and a number of retired military staff were deprived of their ranks. |
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