Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks

Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges and teachers have been suspended or detained since the attempted coup on the weekend, and Turkey’s Western allies have expressed concern over the crackdown’s reach. 

WikiLeaks released nearly 300,000 emails from the AK Party dating from 2010 to July 6 this year. Obtained before the attempted coup, the date of their publication was brought forward “in response to the government’s post-coup purges”, WikiLeaks said. The source of the emails was not connected to the coup plotters or to a rival political party or state, WikiLeaks said.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s High Board of Education has banned all academics from travelling abroad until further notice, after an abortive military coup prompted a wide-ranging purge of state institutions. The report came a day after the board ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans at all universities across Turkey.