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Turkey’s emergency rule leaves devastating legacy

Forced closure of Halkın Nabzı newspaper illustrative of assault on press freedom by decree

Riot policemen during a rally against state of emergency in Turkey, April 16, 2018. EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

Since the attempted coup of July 16, 2016, civil society and the legal landscape in Turkey have been drastically altered by the issuing of hundreds of so-called “non-governmental decrees” under Turkey’s state of emergency, which ends today.

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