Turkey Is Seeking To Recruit 30 Thousand Troops After Cleansing Campaigns

According to state media, on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 that Turkey is seeking to recruit more than 30 thousand soldiers to replace those arrested or demobilized within the framework of purges that followed the failed coup in mid-July last year.


Tens of thousands of people detained or expelled from their places of work at all levels of the state apparatus, shortly after the failed coup, which the Turkish authorities have accused members of the military are working under the orders of Fethullah Gulen to stand behind him.

This included cleansing in the army arrested nine thousand people, including 118 generals and admirals, and the demobilization of thousands of others.

Coincided arrest and layoffs within the army with the Turkish army post extensively in the war against al-Islamic state in northern Syria, and in the battles against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey.

The Anatolia news agency reported that Ankara is seeking to recruit 30,159 people for solutions to military detainees or laid-off place.

Among the new recruits, there will be about five thousand officers, according to the official media and fluidly.