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Turkish policemen with heavy weapons secure the area with barriers in front of Istanbul court in Istanbul, Turkey 21 July 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday. Photo EPA/BGNES
Turkey will suspend the European Convention on Human Rights during a state of emergency it declared after last week’s failed coup, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has said.
Kurtulmus said on Thursday that Turkey would take the step “just like France has done under Article 15 of the convention.” The article allows to suspend certain rights during times of war or major emergencies.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in the country on Wednesday in the wake of last week's foiled coup attempt.
In comments quoted by Turkish broadcaster NTV, Kurtulmus also said Turkey's state of emergency could end before the three months are up and last one to one and a half months, according to Reuters.
About 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or put under investigation since the coup was put down.
France declared a state of emergency following terror attacks by the Islamic State group in Paris in November 2015 in which 130 people were killed.
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