Two members of Turkey's constitutional court have been arrested, private broadcaster NTV is reporting, as purges in the judiciary, military, civil service and education widen in the aftermath of a failed coup.
About 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or are under investigation since Friday's attempted coup staged by a faction within the armed forces.
The two constitutional court members were among a group of 113 officials from the judiciary formally arrested on Wednesday, NTV said.
Formal charges were also brought against President Tayyip Erdogan's chief aide-de-camp, it said.
The failed putsch and the ensuing purges have seriously unsettled Turkey, a country of nearly 80 million which borders Syria and is a Western ally against Islamic State.
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