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January 9, 2018

Turkey Extends State of Emergency for Another 3 Months
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In Turkey, the deputy prime minister has announced the state of
emergency imposed after a July 2016 failed coup attempt will be extended
for another three months.

Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag: "The state of emergency will be
extended again. As you know, as a procedure, the National Security
Council needs to take an advisory decision, and then this must be
discussed in the Cabinet meeting. Probably, this will be on the agenda
during the next meeting of the National Security Council."

Activists say the Turkish government has used the failed military coup
and the state of emergency to enact a far-reaching crackdown against
dissidents, journalists, teachers, intellectuals, human rights
activists, opposition lawmakers and Kurdish communities in Turkey.


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