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Turkey sacks 3,900 public officials, bans TV dating shows in latest purge wave

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Video. Turkey sacks 3,900 public officials, bans TV dating shows in latest purge wave

Updated: 30/04/2017 - 4:07 GMT+2

It appears to be the latest crackdown linked to last July's failed coup, after the government announced the officials had been fired for suspected links to 'terrorist organisations and structures pres

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