Turkey again extends emergency rule by further 3 months

ANKARA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of extending emergency rule by a further three months, effective from January 19, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Turkey declared a state of emergency on July 20, 2016, days after a failed military coup, which Ankara blames on the US-based exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, Xinhua news agency reported. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s cabinet introduced in parliament a three-month extension to the continuing state of emergency, imposed after a failed coup attempt in July.
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend a state of emergency imposed after last year's attempted coup for another three months.