Turkey raises state of emergency, but many restrictions now have the force of law

Five days after the failed coup of July 15, 2016, the Turkish authorities declare the state of emergency with the intention of "acting quickly and effectively against the leaders "of the alleged attempt to overthrow the President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile reelected in the presidential elections last June. Two years and five days later, the president kept his promises in the campaign on Thursday, reported the Turkish news agency Anadolu

. Some of these restrictions must now move from the transitional state to the law, since Erdogan's Justice Party wants to adopt a series of measures that, if they are, could perpetuate some state of emergency clauses for three years.

According to the draft, all detainees can remain in prison for 12 days – rather than a maximum of two, which was the case before the state of emergency – the authorities continue to be able to fire people on suspicion of connection to terrorism and any scheduled demonstration must take place by day and end at midnight.

Erdoğan's party does not have an absolute majority, but it must be able to rely on extremist nationalists, the right wing of the Nationalist Movement Party to approve measures that have been harshly criticized by activists and non-governmental organizations over the past two years. During the state of emergency, about 80,000 people were arrested and more than 150,000 were dismissed or suspended.

Andrew Gardner of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International told Al Jazeera that the state of emergency was being used to legitimize the persecution. to the political opposition to Erdogan. "It is quite understandable that more stringent security measures are needed to protect national security but neutral institutions have been completely emptied, including the judiciary which has lost all impartiality," said the analyst.

Mas Yilmaz Tunc, vice chairman of the parliamentary commission on justice said that the lifting of the state of emergency would not change the life of the ordinary citizen. "The state of emergency of two years has not affected the lives of ordinary citizens and the uprising will continue without affecting them.The idea was to find terrorists and people related to they, "he told Al Jazeera, also a member of the AKP party. If there is a change, it will be "psychological" because "a positive environment can be created, especially for the economy". Tunc's assurance is that Turkey "will continue to fight terrorism within the limits of the law"

According to the MEP, these new measures are necessary so that the Turkish authorities can continue to respond to threats. "There are still members of FETO [apoiantes de Fethullah Gulen, o líder religioso exilado dos Estados Unidos que Erdogan culpa de organizar o golpe] in various public institutions and there are ongoing investigations, we need to change our legislation to deal with it, and the changes are in line with our Constitution and the Convention. European Union of Human Rights All citizens who are withdrawn from their work can appeal to the highest European court, "says Tunc.

More than 250 people died in the coup attempt in 2016.