MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The three-month state of emergency entered into force in Turkey on Thursday.
"State of emergency is necessary to preserve security and restore control over the country after the coup attempt. Hundreds of people have been killed; several thousands of soldiers were involved in attempt to overthrow the legitimate government, so these are necessary and logical measures," Mannan said.
On Thursday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus announced that Turkey would suspend the European Convention on Human Rights as the country entered into a state of emergency.
On Monday, the EU foreign ministers urged Turkey to abide by the norms of the Convention, including the abolition of death penalty, when punishing participants of a coup attempt numbering in the thousands.