The BBC said millions of people were arrested during the state of emergency. Many lost their jobs.
On July 15, 2016, a part of the Turkish army tried to coup. The Turkish people have failed it. Then President Reesepe Taipei Erdouan issued an emergency
After the emergency was declared, his tenure was increased seven times. Passage of new legislation due to emergency and parliament's power increases in the suspension of civil rights and individuality.
The BBC's report said that the announcement to withdraw the emergency took place a few weeks after winning the Erdovan election. Prior to the election, if Erdogan's opponents won the election, they promised to lift the state of emergency.
Turkey's trade unions have been urging the country's government to lift the state of emergency for a long time. The European Union criticized the situation in Turkey due to its state of emergency, by which it has been curtailing civil and political rights.
It is worth mentioning that Erdovan promised to take emergency measures for two years during election campaign. The presidential election was held on 24 June in Turkey.
According to private and government sources, after issuing emergency, 1 million 7 thousand people lost government jobs and 50 thousand people were jailed, who are waiting for trial.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government issued a state of emergency after a series of comprehensive rectification campaigns against thousands of people suspected of supporting supremacist religious leader Fathulla Gulen in the United States, involved in coup attempt including military, judiciary, police, media, education sector.
Turkey was responsible for the coup attempt by Gulen and his followers. But they denied the allegations.
About 200 people were killed in the coup attempt in 2016.
Earlier, the last state of emergency in Turkey was issued in 1987 in several provinces of southeastern states. Its aim was to fight against Kurdish militias. In 2002, the emergency was lifted.
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