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Turkey constitutional court judges held

Two members of Turkey's constitutional court are reportedly among a group of 113 officials from the judiciary who have been arrested after the failed coup.

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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