Turkey earlier imposed a three-month state of emergency, strengthening state powers to round up suspects behind the failed military coup and suspending a key European rights convention. ANKARA — The European Union has expressed "concern" over Turkey’s decision to impose a state of emergency following the attempted coup, and urged the country to respect the rule of law. But he also said Turkey would suspend the European Convention on Human Rights, saying France had done the same after being targeted by a string of jihadist attacks. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the special measures may only last up to 45 days, insisting that "we want to end the state of emergency as soon as possible". After a marathon meeting of his national security council on Wednesday, Erdogan declared Turkey’s first state of emergency since 2002, the year before he first came to power as prime minister.

Source: Viet Nam News July 22, 2016 04:18 UTC