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Assault on press to outlive Turkey’s state of emergency

New decree shuts Kurdish newspapers while previous emergency rules to remain law

Assault on press to outlive Turkey’s state of emergency

The state of emergency in Turkey, which has been extended seven times, is scheduled to be lifted on July 18, 2018, almost two years to the day after its initial implementation following an attempted coup that Turkey’s government has blamed on the exiled cleric Fetullah Gülen.

While the move would appear to be a positive step toward restoring the rule of law in Turkey, executive decrees passed during the state of emergency are poised to remain in force, with several troubling emergency decrees being issued in recent days.

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