Turkey detains 40,000 people in response to failed coup

More than 40,000 people have been detained in Turkey amidst ongoing federal investigations to uncover individuals and groups behind last month’s failed coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from office, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Wednesday.

About 20,355 of those detained have been formally arrested and another 79,900 have been fired from their public duty jobs, including military, police, civil service and judiciary posts. Another 4,262 companies have been shut down, including 130 media organizations.