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The state of emergency decreed by Turkey as a result of the failure of the 2016 coup d'état ended Thursday, but the opposition is concerned that it will be replaced by even more repressive legislative measures. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of emergency On July 20, 2016, five days after the bombing of the country. Ankara, bloody clashes erupted in Istanbul in a coup condemned to 249 dead.
The measure, which normally lasts three months but has been extended seven times, Thursday. Anadolu news agency said, after the government decided not to seek his extension for an eighth time.
The state of emergency has seen the detention of some 80,000 people and about twice as many jobs in public institutions. 19659002] The largest purge of modern Turkey's history has targeted not only alleged supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based preacher blamed for the coup of state, but also activists and activists. Kurdish leftists.
The leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (HDP) – Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas – are still languishing in jail after their arrest in November 2016, accused of links with Kurdish militants.
In the presidential election last month He promised that the state of emergency would end.
But the opposition was irritated by the government 's introduction of new legislation in parliament that apparently seeks to formalize some of the toughest aspects of the emergency.
The bill, described as "anti-terrorist" legislation by pro-government media, will be discussed at committee level on Thursday and then in plenary on Monday.
The main opposition people's Republican Party (CHP) said that the new measures
"With this bill, with the measures contained in this text, the state of emergency will not be extended for three months, but three years, "said the head of the CHP parliamentary faction, Ozgur Ozel.
"They make believe that they are lifting the emergency but in fact they are pursuing it," he added.
According to the bill, the authorities will retain for three more years the power to dismiss officials found to be linked to terrorist groups, retaining key power of the state of emergency.
Demonstrations and rallies will be prohibited in open public spaces after sunset, although they may be permitted until midnight
Local authorities will be able to prohibit individuals enter or leave a defined area for 15 days for security reasons.
And a suspect can be detained without charge for 48 hours or more to four days in the case of multiple offenses.
This period may be extended up to twice if it is difficult to gather evidence or if the case is considered particularly voluminous.
Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International Deputy Director of Europe, said many powers of the state of emergency will remain in effect.
"It (the lifting) must be accompanied by urgent measures if it must be anything other than a cosmetic exercise," Filippou said. Some commentators have suggested that the end of the state of emergency could signal the release of US pastor Andrew Brunson, held in a Turkish prison for nearly two years for terrorism, in a case that has raised tensions with Washington.
But at Brunson's last hearing Wednesday, the court ordered that he should remain in jail.
The authorities also showed no hesitation in using the special powers of the emergency situation – until its last days. [19659002Àlasuited'undécretpubliéle8juillet18632personnesontétérenvoyées-8998policiers-pourdesliensprésumésavecdesorganisationsterroristesetdesgroupesqui"agissentcontrelasécuriténationale"
. This position gives him greater powers than any Turkish leader since the Second World War
The new executive presidency means that ministries and public institutions are now centralized under the direct control of the Presidency.
Erdogan says that it is necessary to have a more effective government, but the opposition claims that it has squarely placed Turkey under the domination of one man.
"The end of the state of emergency does not mean that our fight against terrorism will end," said Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul.
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