Turkey lifts two-year state of emergency following Erdogan re-election
In Daily News
July 18, 2018
Alex Koch
Turkey’s state of emergency, in place since the failed coup in July 2016, is set to elapse today.
For the past two years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been able to rule by decree, in the process ordering the arrest of some 20,000 people, while 100,000 civil servants have lost their jobs.
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