YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. After the failed military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, more than 100 employees of the Turkish Airlines were dismissed from their posts, reports Anadolu.

The news agency reports that after the failed coup attempt large number of the Turkish Ambassadors will be dismissed by the Turkish authorities’ instruction.

The Turkish authorities have already instructed the law enforcement agencies to arrest 42 journalists.

In an interview to Reuters, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 23 announced that overall 13.000 people have been arrested for participating in the failed military coup attempt.  

Erdogan said 246 people were killed, 2185 were wounded as a result of the coup attempt. He said 4000 from the arrested people are military officials, from which 103 are generals.

Erdogan also ordered to close more than thousand private schools and educational institutions which may have a connection with the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen’s followers who is being blamed by the Turkish authorities for organizing the military coup attempt.