(FILES) This file photo taken on February 10, 2016 shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering a speech during the monthly Mukhtars meeting (local administrators) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 5, 2016 suggested that supporters of Kurdish militants locked in conflict with government troops should be stripped of their Turkish citizenship. "We must take all measures, including stripping supporters of the terrorist organisation of their citizenship," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara, referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has claimed a string of attacks in Turkey in recent weeks. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN
Turkey’s politicians voted to extend the country’s state of emergency for a fourth time until October 19, 2017. The state of emergency, put in place days after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, grants the government wide-ranging powers, allowing it to rule by decree and carry out mass arrests and purges. Turkish media reported that on Monday, the National Security Council, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, proposed to the government to extend the state of emergency by three months. Parliament had to approve it with a simple majority. Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) dominates the house.
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