State of emergency declared for 3 months

[Bluwise]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36852080

Posted this on another thread but it deserves it's own.  Being discussed on Al Jazeera now.

[BernieTeyze]

What does it mean in relation to travel,insurances or even in general??

Thanks Bluwise for posting x

[Highlander]

As for travel and insurance both will be down to Foreign Office advice.

In general - I will leave to others.

[Rana]

FCO still says be vigilant no advice not to travel. Generally resorts safe. The Country will be in 'State of Emergency' basically extra patrols and more vigilant and security protection

[legless]

nothing on FO website as yet

[JohnF]

basically extra patrols and more vigilant and security protection

Come on, your ol' mans Turkish - you should know its a lot more than just that.

He's doing it under section 20 which basically means the little fecker has now got free rein to do what he fecking well likes.  Literally.

He now has "Extraordinary powers" which bypass the democratically elected parliament - I posted something along these lines a while back:

The difference between the ordinary “Decrees in Power of Law” and the emergency ones are that the latter do not need parliamentary approval. They are also not subject to judicial procedure, since the president cannot be tried at court for any crime other than treason.

Dark times ahead.

JF

[Bluwise]

and just a small but very pertinent section taken from wikipedia -
"Under international law, rights and freedoms may be suspended during a state of emergency; for example, a government can detain persons and hold them without trial."
 

[JohnF]

Truth be told they've been doing that for a while now without any serious international repercussions...

JF

[BernieTeyze]

Scary times for Turkey.

[Highlander]

Don't think your man pays much attention to International Law