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Radio 4,14 Jul 2017,45 mins
Thousands of state officials, police and academics dismissed in Turkey
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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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