TURKEY: Police attacked and detained 13 trade unionists in Istanbul on Monday as they demanded the reinstatement of those sacked under the country’s state of emergency.

It was the 68th vigil organised by the Public Workers Confederation (Kesk), with arrests taking place in the Bakirkoy and Kadikoy districts of the city.

More than 150,000 public-sector workers have been sacked in government purges since a failed coup attempt in 2016.