Elimination of the state of emergency: Turkey returns to normal – as Erdogan sees it – political

Two years after the coup attempt of July 2016, the state of emergency is officially over in Turkey – but there will be no return to normal. State authorities have largely crushed the movement of preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused of the coup d'etat, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a few days ago.

But the attacks on Turkey will not stop, he added. a constant danger of new attempts at overthrow becomes a state doctrine. The Erdogan government therefore wants to translate the essential powers of the security authorities under the state of emergency into normal law.

The context of the violence in the coup attempt, in which 250 people were killed, is not completely cleared up. According to Erdogan, the people of Gülen wanted to take power by a coup d'etat. Living in the United States, Gülen rejects this charge and claims that Erdogan has organized the coup to have a pretext for a draconian crackdown on critics.

During the state of emergency, the government fired some 150,000 civil servants, soldiers, judges, teachers and police suspected of belonging to the Gülen group. According to UN figures, an additional 150,000 people have been arrested and hundreds of media and civil society organizations have been banned. According to media reports, the seizure of the Gülen property by the state accounted for more than $ 10 billion of badets.

The state's economy has been the subject of criticism over the past two years. Investors missed planning and legal certainty. Erdogan's decision to abandon the state of emergency after seven extensions is also part of his government's efforts to make Turkey more attractive to investors.

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Ankara wants to give the authorities the right to deny certain people access to a province through a set of laws that is to be discussed today in the relevant parliamentary committee. The period during which a suspect must be presented to a judge is increased from five to twelve days. Civil servants may therefore continue to be removed from civilian service on suspicion of terrorism. The concept of terrorism is very broad; Quite often, the allegation of a Gülen fan base is enough to bring terrorism to justice.

Plans indicate new tensions between Turkey under President Erdogan and the EU. Brussels has been asking Ankara to liberalize terrorist laws for months, making it a prerequisite for making travel easier.