Turkey sacks 2,766 civil servants over 'terror' links NEWS / TURKEY ATTEMPTED COUP READ MORE German journalist Mesale Tolu released in Turkey READ MORE EU cuts Turkey funding after 'democratic deterioration' Turkey Turkey attempted coup Middle East SIGN UP Some 637 military personnel are among those sacked [File: Burak Kara/Getty Images] Turkey has dismissed 2,766 people from their posts in state institutions over alleged links to "terror" organisations, according to an emergency decree published in the country's official legal database. On Sunday, a decree in the Official Gazette said 637 military, 360 gendarmerie personnel, 61 police and four coastguard members were among those sacked. Some 341 people were dismissed from the Directorate of Religious Affairs. The rest were civil servants from other institutions. Advertisement The decree also said 115 employees who were dismissed in the past were reinstated. A separate emergency decree published on the s...