Turkey passes tough new security law, raising fears of election crackdowns
ANKARA | By Jonny Hogg and Gulsen Solaker
Reuters/Gleb Garanich
(Reuters) - Turkey's parliament overwhelmingly passed a security law on Friday to broaden police powers and allow the use of firearms against demonstrators, deepening fears of crackdowns on dissent ahead of parliamentary elections.
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