(Credit: AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) The Turkish government issued two new decrees this weekend, including one that bans popular TV and radio dating programs, the Associated Press reported. The country’s Official Gazette published the decrees late Saturday evening. The first decree expelled over 4,000 civil servants, including 500 academics, the AP reported. The second decree bands radio and TV programs that are about “finding friends and spouses.” Last month, Turkey deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus announced that the government was planning on outlawing dating shows.