Emergency: Emergency Laws and Coup Attempt

emergency: State of emergency rule once only affected Turkey's southeast, where heavy fighting with the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK peaked in 1990s and interrupted civilian life, according to Deutsche Welle. Now, for the first time, it encompasses the entire country. Politically, judicially and economically, the emergency laws enacted after the failed coup attempt on July 15 have had a significant impact. The emergency laws in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish region, which became synonymous with human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings, finally came to an end in 2002 under the Justice and Development Party AKP government, chaired by the now-President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The government, however, argues that the judiciary and police have exercised their stretched authority primarily against supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric in US exile who is accused of masterminding the coup attempt. Today, the same government has come under fire for of abusing its extended executive powers under the current emergency rule to consolidate its political strength. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.