Turkey
will follow France΄s example in suspending temporarily the European
Convention on Human Rights following its declaration of a state of
emergency, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Thursday,
according to broadcaster NTV
President
Tayyip Erdogan announced a three-month state of emergency late on
Wednesday after last weekend's failed military coup, saying it would
enable the authorities to act more efficiently to bring those
responsible to justice. The declaration of the state of emergency is
expected to untie Erdogan from any restraints to remove personal from
throughout public sector and prosecute political adversaries.
France
declared its own state of emergency following last November's
terrorists attacks by Islamist militants in Paris. The French
National Assembly renewed the state of emergency because of the
latest attack in Nice.
In comments
quoted by NTV, Kurtulmus also said Turkey's state of emergency could
end within one to one and a half months. He identified "structural
and individual" intelligence failures during the coup attempt
and also said that work was underway to restructure the army, NTV
reported.
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