Turkish authorities have suspended 12,801 police officers from duty over suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his network.
A statement from police headquarters said 2,523 of those removed were police chiefs.
The move was part of a continued crackdown after the attempted coup in the country, which Ankara blames Gulen for masterminding.
Since the failed coup, more than 100,000 civil servants, teachers, judges, prosecutors and other officials have been sacked or suspended.
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