TURKEY ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY(VIDEO)
Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:29
The Turkish government has ended a nationwide state of emergency after two years of a failed coup attempt
The BBC quoted state media recalling that under the state of emergency, tens of thousands of people were arrested or dismissed from their jobs.
However; the government decided against extending the emergency after seven three-month renewals.
The decision comes weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election.
Opposition candidates had during the campaign, said that the first thing they would do if they won would be to end the state of emergency.
It may interest you to note that the emergency decree led to the removal of more than one hundred and seven thousand people from public sector jobs in Turkey.
TURKEY DISMISSES OVER EIGHTEEN THOUSAND STATE EMPLOYEES
Monday, 09 July 2018 12:31Authorities in Turkey have ordered the dismissal of more than eighteen thousand, five hundred state employees, including police officers, soldiers and academics.
An Official Gazette cited by reporters indicates that those sacked had links to terror organisations that act against national security, and the developments comes ahead of anticipated end of two years of emergency rule.
Turkey has been in a state of emergency since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but the European Union and critics have repeatedly called on Ankara to end it.
VIOLENCE MARS TURKEY ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Friday, 15 June 2018 16:06Campaigning ahead of elections in Turkey has been hit by violence, with four people killed and eight wounded in the southern part of the country.
Reports indicate that the incident has heightened tensions ahead of the vote on 24th June vote, in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is aiming for a second term.
The clash broke out in the mainly Kurdish town of Suruc, when a parliamentarian from the ruling AKP, Ibrahim Halil Yildiz, was touring some shops.
However; pro-government and pro-Kurdish accounts of the incident are significantly different, with reports that Kurdish militant shopkeepers attacked the MP's entourage, with his brother among the dead.