Turkish Airlines sacks 211 employees after failed coup attempt
Turkey's state-run Turkish Airlines said on Monday it had fired 211 employees, citing their links to a religious movement President Tayyip Erdogan has blamed for the failed attempt to overthrow the government on July 15, Reuters reported http://in.reuters.com/article/turkey-security-thy-statement-idINKCN1051I8.
In a statement, the airline said the employees' contracts were terminated due to operational necessity, inefficiency, poor performance as well as providing support to the movement of U.S.- based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the source details.