Alwaght- Turkish armed forces are facing personnel shortage after tens of thousands of their forces were suspended or dismissed over coup allegation.
A large number of 30,159 positions in the army have been left unassigned as their personnel were either dismissed or suspended in an extended cleansing of forces by the Turkish government.
Now the military says it is seeking to recruit over 30,000 new faces to fill the void.
Ankara has arrested 37,000 people and dismissed or suspended more than 100,000 others in the civil service, judiciary, police, military and elsewhere since the coup attempt, which has been blamed on US-based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, who denies the allegation.
Gulen says the blame game could be a ploy by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party to cement its grip on power.
The Turkish government's crackdown has also targeted nearly 9,300 army personnel, including 118 generals and admirals.
The new recruits would include 1,322 officers, 3,547 non-commissioned officers, 7,159 trained soldiers, and 11,907 contracted soldiers, the news agency said.
