Turkey issued two decrees in which it dismissed more than 2,000 police officers and hundreds of members of the military and the BTK communication technology authority over last month’s attempted military coup in the country, RIA Novosti news agency of Russia reported citing Reuters news agency.

The decrees, published in the country’s Official Gazette, also included a decision to close the TIB telecoms authority and another decision under which the president will appoint the head of the armed forces.

Over 27 thousand representatives of the education sector were sacked earlier in Turkey.

In addition, it was announced that around 60 thousand people were dismissed, but their professions were not mentioned.

A group of military servicemen attempted a coup in Turkey, from late night on July 15 to early morning on July 16, but it failed. The main confrontations took place in capital city Ankara and in Istanbul. A total of 246 people died as a result of the clashes.

Ankara accuses Turkish Islamic theologian and preacher Fethullah Gülen—who resides in the US since 1999, and his “Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)”—of orchestrating the failed putsch.