The state of emergency has provided the legal framework for the biggest crackdown in Turkey’s modern history but also raised alarm among its partners in the European Union and United States. Erdogan declared the three-month state of emergency on July 20 less than a week after the failed coup, meaning it had been due to expire in mid October. The statement by the MGK makes the announcement of the new state of emergency a formality but did not say whether the next period should also last three months. The purge after the coup has touched every sector in Turkey with those arrested ranging from top former generals to journalists and pastry magnates. Kemal Kilicdaroglu said the CHP was against the state of emergency which he said had affected one million “victims” across Turkey.

Source: Manila Times September 28, 2016 21:00 UTC