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Turkey: New Measures Ahead of Lifting State of Emergency

Turkey: New Measures Ahead of Lifting State of Emergency
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The Turkish government prepared a draft for the period after the state of emergency is lifted and sent it to the parliament speaker’s office to present to parliament for approval.

Ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] group deputy chair Bülent Turan told reporters on July 16 that the state of emergency in Turkey, which was put into effect in the wake of the defeated coup attempt on July 15, 2016, will be lifted as of July 18, but “the fight against terrorism will not be interrupted.”

Turan said the government has sent the draft to all parties, before submitting it to the parliament speaker’s office.

According to the draft, local governor’s offices have been given the authority to limit the entry and exit of people to certain places in the provinces if they suspect that the person in question will “disrupt the public order.”

The draft also broadened reasons to ban demonstrations.

The Turkish government declared a state of emergency on July 20, 2016 following the deadly coup attempt widely believed to have been orchestrated by US-based preacher Fethullah Gülen’s network, which Turkish authorities refer to as FETÖ. On April 18, the government renewed the ongoing state of emergency for the seventh time.

Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on July 16 that the emergency rule will come to an end “within a few days.”

A top Turkish presidential aide said on July 13 that the state of emergency was expected to be lifted on July 18.

“If we are faced with a very extraordinary threat, the state of emergency mechanism can be declared again,” ?brahim Kal?n told reporters after the country’s first Cabinet meeting under the new presidential system.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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