Turkey to extend state of emergency after referendum win: TV

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AFP Istanbul
Last Updated : Apr 17 2017 | 3:57 PM IST
Turkey is set to extend a nearly nine-month state of emergency after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a key referendum boosting his powers.
The decision to extend the emergency, first imposed in the wake of the July 15 failed coup, was to be made at a meeting of Turkey's top security council at the presidential palace from 1630 GMT, CNN Turk and NTV television reported on today.
Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli confirmed to A Haber television the issue would be discussed at the meeting.

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First Published: Apr 17 2017 | 3:57 PM IST

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