Military Tries To Bring In 30,000 Recruits Over 4 Years, While Insisting Post-Coup Purge Hasn't Hurt Operations

The Turkish military says it now needs more than 30,000 recruits after thousands were of security personnel were fired following a failed coup in July, according to state media cited by Agence France-Presse

Many of those fired were allegedly linked to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. They were detained or removed from their positions, including around 9,300 arrested in the army alone. Ankara blames Gulen for orchestrating the failed July 15 coup.

Over the next four years,...