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Thousands of state officials, police and academics dismissed in Turkey

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Officials dismissed on eve of first anniversary of attempted coup in Turkey.

On the eve of the first anniversary of the attempted coup in Turkey, the authorities have issued a decree dismissing more than seven thousand additional police officers, state officials and academics. Also in the programme: we hear from Nice's deputy mayor, one year after the terror attack; and the musical that united apartheid-era South Africa.

(Photo: A man walks past a giant billboard in Istanbul. Credit: AFP).

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大象传媒 Radio 4

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