Turkey Government is still hunting for supporters of the July failed coup attempt, with warrant of arrest issued on 648 court judges and arrest of 35,022 people.
Out of the people arrested 17,740 of them have been formally arrested under court orders.
A government official said 5,685 people remain in detention, waiting to see a judge even as some others have been released.
Information has it that the government has continued to purge the state bureaucracy of alleged supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Turkish Islamic cleric accused of plotting the coup, charges he denies.
In the latest move, warrants were issued for 648 judges and prosecutors.
The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that nearly 3,500 members of the judiciary have been suspended since the July 15 failed putsch.
About 65,000 civil servants in total have been suspended or fired, with the government accusing all of having links to Gulen.
In addition, 21,000 teachers have lost their licenses.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was once allied with Gulen, has vowed to continue the purges until the state is “cleansed” of his rival’s followers.
dpa/NAN. [myad]
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