Turkey
Erdogan extends the period of police custody to 30 days
Two days after the imposition of a state of emergency in Turkey, President Erdogan has adopted a first decree. The police may detain a Suspect 30 days.
Erdogan with followers in prayer in a mosque after the Islamic Friday
After the proclamation of a state of emergency in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has extended the duration of the permitted police custody by a decree of 30 days. As long as the Suspect may be in the future, held without charge. Usually the maximum duration is four days. After Erdogan’s information coup have been taken since the failed military a week ago, 11,000 people by the security forces in custody.
Gülen movement in the visor
The decree arranges in addition, the resolution of the thousands of institutions that belong to the Hizmet movement of Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. Erdogan makes the living in the USA Gülen for the attempted coup responsible, what this denies. As the official news Agency Anadolu reported, citing the decree, will be closed 1043 private schools, 1229 associations or foundations, 19 trade unions and associations and 35 health facilities.
Furthermore, the decree orders the dismissal of all government officials, in which it was found, that they belong to “terrorist organizations, or organizations, structures, or groups, in which it was found that they act against national security”. The persons Concerned could no longer be employed in the public service or directly or indirectly for this work. The government considers the Hizmet movement as a terrorist organization.
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Thousands of officials and soldiers fired
On Wednesday evening declared three-month state of emergency allowed the conservative Islamic government to rule by decree. Since the failed military coup, the Cabinet has decided to staff the dismissal, suspension or transfer of some 55,000 state, among them, allegedly, the coup involved soldiers, police officers, judicial officers and government employees, but also tens of thousands of University faculty, deans, and teachers. The EU and the US have criticized the actions of the Turkish authorities as disproportionate and Ankara are asked to observe the rule of law.
Agencies are downgrading Turkey down
Meanwhile, cut according to Standard & Poor’s, the rating Agency Fitch downgraded the credit rating for Turkey. The rating for the long-term debt of Turkey was set to “BBB-” from before, “BBB”, said Fitch. S&P had already placed before the Note for the country by one notch to BB down and deeper into the speculative area. At the same time, they cut the Outlook to “negative” from “stable”. For the rationale, S&P pointed to an increasing polarisation of politics in the NATO state. Erdogan accused Standard & Poor’s, “politically”, and to act out of “Turkey’s hostility”.
wl/cw (afp, dpa)