Turkey PM to propose extending state of emergency

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today that he would propose extending emergency rule, imposed soon after an attempted coup on 15 July last year, by another three months when it expires next week, CNN Turk reported.

Yildirim made the comments at a briefing with media representatives in the capital Ankara ahead of official commemorations of the coup anniversary tomorrow.

The state of emergency has been renewed several times since it was first imposed a year ago.

On Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “There can be no question of lifting emergency rule with all this happening.”

We will lift the emergency rule only when we no longer need to fight against terrorism.

Ankara imposed the state of emergency soon after the coup attempt last July, when a group of rogue soldiers commandeered tanks, helicopters and warplanes and attacked parliament in a bid to overthrow the government, killing more than 240 people.

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