State of Emergency, State of Emergency Decree-Laws and the Legal Situation

Abstract

Immediately after the coup attempt of 15 July, a state of emergency was declared throughout the country for a period of ninety days from 21 July 2016 by the Council of Ministers' decision dated 20 July 2016 and numbered 2016/9064 under article 120 of the Constitution on grounds of “widespread acts of violence and a serious deterioration of public order”. This Council of Ministers' decision was published in the Official Gazette and submitted to the Parliament for approval in accordance with article 121/1 of the Constitution and was approved by the decision of the Parliament dated 21.7.2016 and numbered 1116; later, it has been extended for three months each time.

Keywords

• State of Emergency,Decree-Laws

References

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