Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey‘s state-of-emergency could be extended by an additional three months when the current period expires in January. The emergency laws, which grant his administration sweeping powers, have been in effect since a failed coup attempt by a faction in the military in July. Under the laws, some 75,000 civil servants and members of the security forces have been purged and more than 37,000 arrested. Hundreds of associations and media outlets have been shuttered.
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