How to proceed after the end of the state of emergency

Erdogan now replaces the state of emergency with a new set of rules that continue to provide for significant restrictions on civil liberties. (AP)

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposed the state of emergency on the country in the grueling days that followed the coup attempt in July 2016, his minister Justice and his spokesperson quickly bowed. The three month period of emergency will probably not be fully utilized, they assured the public. But that turned out differently: Erdogan extended the emergency regime seven times with the huge expansion of police powers and decreed by decree

"State of Emergency" [19659008] Well, barely two years later, it ends. For Erdogan ruled since last week came into force constitutional change now normally by decree. And the parliament led by the president continued to update the emergency powers with a new set of three-year regulations, with continued restrictions on civil liberties.

On the positive side of this "state of emergency" in Turkey in custody without a court order from the last seven days to a maximum of four days. Within 48 hours of arrest, suspects must be brought to the nearest court, according to the legislative package that reaches the parliamentary plenary on Wednesday.

In the first months after the coup, citizens can officially stay in cells until 30 days disappear without seeing a judge; before it was two days. The fight against terrorism will not be interrupted even after the end of the state of emergency, had already announced the Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül.

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The Turkish opposition is particularly critical of the tightening of security laws in force for three years. The state of emergency is no longer extended every three months, as has been the case until now, but every three years, said the head of the parliamentary CHP social group -democratic-Kemalist Özgür Özel. In addition, representatives of civil society, trade unionists and all kinds of associations would now be deliberately targeted by provincial governors

In fact, the governors appointed by the head of state Erdogan in the province's 81 provinces will gain new powers. In the future, for example, "Welsh" would be allowed to prevent people in their province from entering or leaving the country for up to 15 days. This is also the case in the major cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, where governors also govern elected mayors' heads. The practice of mass dismissal of suspected officials as well as the state-enforced administration of private companies and public institutions such as mayors' offices were also maintained.

Two years ago, the Putschists wanted to overthrow Erdogan. Instead, the Turkish president is as powerful today as ever. – Image: On July 17, 2016, a day after the coup attempt in Turkey, supporters of President Erdogan take to the streets of Taksim Square in Istanbul. (Photo: Marius Becker / EPA)

It was a balmy summer evening, the weekend was upon us when the unexpected occurred on July 16, 2016: aircraft from fighting was bombarding Ankara and tanks were rolling through Istanbul. (Photo: Tolga Bozoglu / EPA)

During the night, Turkish military forces attempted to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In Taksim's central square in Istanbul, there is a confrontation between the insurgent troops, the population and the police. (Photo: Sedat Suna / EPA)

The same night, supporters of Erdogan in Izmir (pictured) and other places in Turkey are protesting the coup attempt. State. (Photo: Imago)

There are riots in Ankara and Istanbul. At least 270 people lost their lives during the night, more than 2180 were wounded
(Photo: AP)

The protest of the population in Ankara against slaughtered soldiers is also enormous. (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici / AP)

The day after the coup, the government of President Erdogan takes firm action. Police are also using water cannons to chase insurgents off the Bosphorus Bridge. (Photo: Murad Sezer / Reuters)

Civilians also join the Turkish police. (Image: Selcuk Samiloglu / AP)

Angry, they attack the soldiers involved in the coup d'etat. (Image: Selcuk Samiloglu / AP)

Attempted coup d'etat fails. Supporters of President Erdogan celebrate the regime's resumption of power on Saturday afternoon. On the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, supporters of President Erdogan show in the pose of victory. (Photo: Murad Sezer / Reuters)

Traces of the coup attempt are clearly visible in Ankara (17 July 2016). (Photo: Hussein Malla / Keystone)

The first funerals are immediately organized in Istanbul for the victims. (Image: Emrah Gurel / EPA)

Grief for the victims of the clashes in Istanbul is great. (Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis / Keystone)

President Erdogan is also dismayed at a funeral at the Fatih Mosque in Istanbul (July 17, 2016). – Saturday morning, Erdogan appeared to the public and said that the coup attempt failed. He announces tough measures against those responsible. (Photo: Emrah Gurel / AP)

Erdogan insists again and again, as he said on August 7, 2016 in Istanbul, that the coup attempt was "finally a blessing" of God". He imposed a state of emergency that allows him to govern by decree. Immediately the so-called cleaning of Erdogan begins and continues today. (Photo: Kayhan Ozer / Keystone)

More than 100,000 state employees have been suspended or released since the coup attempt, and more than 50,000 people have been fired. (Photo: Emilio Morenatti / AP)

A year later, the government organized the crackdown on the coup d'etat as a holiday of democracy, while the opposition warned against a dictatorship . – Image: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the "Martyr Cemetery" in Edirnekapi district in Istanbul on July 11, 2017. (Photo: Presidential Press Office / AP)

As the tanks went through Istanbul

New arrests

Two dozen legislative changes were planned for the new security regime. They were officially introduced earlier this week by members of the presidential party. In the preface to the bill the president of the Bülent Toran group and his colleagues refer exclusively to the fight against the terrorist network of the Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen. Politicians in Turkey claim to have attempted the coup on 15 July 2016. However, the state of emergency has overtaken the Gülen Group over the past two years against suspected supporters or members of the Kurdish PKK separatist organization and the leftist terrorist group DHKP And journalists and representatives of civil society.

More than 33,000 people were imprisoned during the emergency, with more than a quarter of a million identified as suspected terrorists in preliminary investigations. The judiciary did not arrest 34 soldiers until Tuesday with an air force command at Malatya in central Anatolia.