Turkey extends state of emergency for three more months

‘Turkey has extended for another three months a state of emergency imposed across the country after an abortive coup in mid-July.
“The state of emergency will be extended for another 90 days starting October 19,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday during a briefing with journalists about the results of a cabinet meeting earlier in the day.
Turkey introduced the state of emergency on July 20, after it declared the end of a coup attempt by a group of military officers. More than 270 people were killed in incidents surrounding the July 15 coup attempt.’
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