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‘Suffocating Climate of Fear’ Persists in Turkey as Two-Year State of Emergency Ends
Laws enacted after the 2016 coup attempt have been lifted, but Erdoğan appears determined to continue the pursuit of opponents — with a new anti-terrorism bill poised to keep many emergency powers in place. By Staff CorrespondentİSTANBUL, July 19, 2018 · 6 min read İSTANBUL — Turkey’s two-year state of emergency came to an end…
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Turkey’s 2017 Crackdown Reshapes Rule of Law as Emergency Powers Entrench Presidential Rule
A year of mass dismissals, jailed journalists, prosecuted human rights defenders, and a constitutional overhaul that international bodies warn lacks “necessary checks and balances.” Date: December 2017 · Region: Turkey Turkey underwent the most significant transformation of its political institutions in decades during 2017, as a slim-margin April referendum switched the country to a presidential…
