Erdoğan’s Perpetual State of Emergency

In the wake of the failed coup, Erdoğan has enacted an ever-extending state of emergency through which he has purged key positions in government institutions, installing loyalists in their stead.

by Joseph Flaherty

On September 28, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, and his national security council recommended a three-month extension for the state of emergency that was enacted days after the attempted coup on July 15. In a speech from Ankara reported by the AP, Erdoğan said that “even 12 months might not be enough” time to root out all th…