Erdogan made the announcement during a live television broadcast in front of his government ministers after a almost five-hour meeting of the National Security Council.
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Erdogan defended the declaration after a meeting with his cabinet and national security council.
Under a state of emergency in Turkey, the president can largely rule by decree. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling o.
Previously, the military had said over 100 coup plotters were killed. Turkey on Wednesday intensifie. Possibly anticipating investor jitters, Erdogan criticized Standard & Poor’s for downgrading its credit rating for Turkey deeper into “junk” status and said the country would remain financially disciplined. Lawmakers can sanction, under the terms of the constitution, a state of emergency for a period of up to six months.
The moves amplified global concern Erdogan was using the coup plot as a pretext to crack down on opponents, with Turkey’s Western allies urging the authorities in the strategic North Atlantic Treaty Organisation state to obey the rule of law.
The state of emergency will give broad powers to security forces and the government, NPR’s Peter Kenyon reports. U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the status of Gulen in a telephone call with Erdogan on Tuesday, the White House said, urging Ankara to show restraint as it pursues those responsible for the failed coup. The cleric has denied any knowledge of the attempted coup.
Turkey has asked for Gulen to be extradited from the USA, but Secretary of State John Kerry said his government’s response so far is “please don’t send us allegations, send us evidence”.
The government hopes the state of emergency will be lifted within 40 to 45 days, said Yildirim’s deputy, Numan Kurtulmus.
Turkey immediately said it was partially suspending the European Convention on Human Rights, allowing it more leeway to deal with individual cases, by invoking an article most recently used by France and Ukraine.
THE Turkish government has taken further draconian measures in the wake of Friday’s failed military coup, despite European Union disapproval.
It came into force on Thursday, nearly a week after the rebel soldiers surged into the streets with tanks, bombing parliament and shooting protesters on a bloody night of turmoil that left 265 people dead. Waving Turkish flags, the crowd walked across the bridge linking the European and Asian sides of the city, some defiantly chanting, “Our martyrs are immortal, our nation can not be divided!”
Almost 10,000 people have now been arrested, hundreds of schools have been closed and almost 60,000 civil service employees have been dismissed.
Authorities have rounded up or sacked tens of thousands of police, judges, teachers and other civil servants from across the state bureaucracy in the aftermath of Friday’s failed bid to seize power by disgruntled elements in the military.
Turkish authorities have blamed Gulen, a one-time Erdogan ally, of being behind the attempt to topple Turkey’s government and called on the United States to arrest and extradite him.
A nationalist opposition party supported the state of emergency but other opposition politicians were uneasy.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday that Turkey’s state of emergency is aimed at averting a possible second military coup.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he is preoccupied with the state of Turkey’s democracy, and that has been communicated to the government.
The soldiers say they did not know a coup was under way and they were obeying orders by their superiors to transport the wounded from the streets to ambulances, their lawyers say.
Earlier Wednesday, Dion said Canada had rebuffed the Turkish government’s requests for information on the Gulen movement in Canada.
Erdogan’s government said it has fired almost 22,000 education ministry workers, mostly teachers, taken steps to revoke the licenses of 21,000 other teachers at private schools and sacked or detained half a dozen university presidents in a campaign to root out alleged supporters of a USA -based Muslim cleric blamed for the botched insurrection on Friday.
“Our concern is that government is going well beyond what might be considered a legitimate response to the coup attempt”, said Andrew Gardener of the group’s Istanbul office.
“They believe that, one way or another, they will lose their lives (in Turkey)”, said Vasiliki Ilia Marinaki, a lawyer representing four of the men, as they appeared in court with their faces covered.
The announcement will raise further concerns about restrictions on freedoms and rights in Turkey, which was shaken by a coup attempt on Friday that saw tanks enter the streets of Ankara and Istanbul and very almost ousted the Turkish government. There, governors were able to impose curfews, call in military forces to suppress demonstration, and issue search warrants.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, told Anadolu Agency that Lieutenant Ali Saribey is accused of being among the soldiers who attacked Erdogan’s hotel in Marmaris.
The attackers arrived minutes after he left the place, according to the government’s account.
In Greece, a court sentenced eight Turkish military personnel who fled there aboard a helicopter during the coup attempt to two months in prison for entering the country illegally.
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I don’t think vanquishing this coup attempt has reached an end.
