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| Turkey extends detention without charge to 30 days | |
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| Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has extended the period in which suspects can be detained without charge to 30 days, an official statement says. | |
| The statement also ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools and more than 1,200 associations. | |
| It follows last week's failed coup attempt against Mr Erdogan and the subsequent declaration of a state of emergency. | |
| Mr Erdogan has blamed the coup attempt on US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. | |
| Mr Gulen has denied any involvement. | |
| The Turkish leader has said the state of emergency will allow the authorities to deal with the aftermath of the failed coup effectively, allowing them to restore order. | |
| At least 60,000 state employees have been detained or suspended in an internationally criticised purge. | |
| Education ministry officials, private school teachers and university heads of faculty together account for more than half the people targeted. | |
| The schools and associations whose closures have now been ordered are suspected of having links to Mr Gulen, Turkey's state news agency Anadolu said. | |
| Other institutions ordered to be shut down included 19 trade unions, 15 universities and 35 medical institutes, the agency said. | |
| Human rights groups including Amnesty International warned Turkey against extending the period allowed for detention without charge, which previously stood at a maximum of four days. | |
| Amnesty has said Mr Erdogan is going "well beyond what might be considered a legitimate response to the coup attempt". |