ANKARA (Sputnik) — According to the decree, the duration of police detention cannot exceed 30 days from the moment of detention, excluding the time spent to transfer the detainee to the nearest court.
Civil servants, in relation to which the link to or membership in terrorist organizations or groups will be proved, are to be fired and never taken to the civil service again.
On Thursday, the Turkish parliament approved a governmental decree on introduction of state of emergency for three months giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the ability to enact new laws by decree, bypassing the nation’s legislature, and restrict public gatherings.
The coup attempt took place in Turkey on July 15 and was suppressed by the following day. Some 246 people resisting the attempted coup were killed and around 2,000 were injured, according to the country's authorities.
