Erdogan: State of Emergency Not Martial Law

7/21/2016 8:57:10 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Ankara, July 21 (QNA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that the state of emergency is not martial law, adding, this is a movement to clear terror members from state institutions to process democracy better.
This came in a speech Erdogan delivered to people assembled in public squares across the country via video conferencing.
Erdogan said "the state of emergency law is a process of empowering governors more. The Turkish Armed Forces will serve the governors in provinces, and work with them. There is no any limitation on fundamental rights and freedoms during the state of emergency. We are the guarantors of it." Turkey announced Wednesday a three-month state of emergency after the failed coup Friday that martyred hundreds of people and injured more than 1,500 others. (QNA)

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