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| Turkey coup attempt: State of emergency announced | |
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| Turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed coup. | Turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed coup. |
| Recep Tayyip Erdogan said citizens should not have "the slightest concern with regards to democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms". | |
| The state of emergency would protect those values from attacks against them, he said, in a speech in Ankara. | |
| The president praised those who were killed fighting against the coup as "martyrs". | The president praised those who were killed fighting against the coup as "martyrs". |
| The nation would "never forget the bravery and sacrifice of those who lost their lives", he said, describing "epics of heroic bravery throughout the night". | |
| Mr Erdogan said foreign nations should stay out of Turkish affairs, adding: "This nation has the right to determine our own destiny." | |
| The president was speaking after holding meetings of Turkey's national security council and the cabinet in the capital. | |
| Earlier, Mr Erdogan warned of further arrests and suspensions to come as Turkish authorities continued to pursue those they believed responsible for the thwarted putsch - the supporters of the US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. | |
| More than 50,000 state employees have been rounded up, sacked or suspended in the days since the coup attempt. | |
| On Wednesday, 99 top military officers were charged in connection with the events of the weekend. | |
| Officials continued to take action against university and school employees, shutting down educational establishments, banning foreign travel for academics and forcing university heads of faculty to resign. | |
| Amnesty International described the authorities' actions as "a crackdown of exceptional proportions". |