TURKEY RELEASES SOME OF THE SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN COUP

Two weeks after an abortive coup attempt in Turkey caused an upheaval in military ranks and throughout much of the government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be slowly easing some of the purges instituted since rogue members of the armed forces plotted to overthrow him
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More than 750 soldiers arrested since the coup attempt are being released, state media reported Saturday. Another 231 members of the military remain in custody, however. And another 1,700 military personnel have been expelled — dishonorably discharged — since July 15, when a faction of the military commandeered tanks, helicopters and fighter jets and attempted to take over the government