The emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament
when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.
Speaking
at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that
"all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed".
Thousands of people have been arrested or sacked since the failed coup.
More than 600 schools have also been closed and thousands of state workers sacked in a crackdown by the president.
Great effort there
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