Turkey's parliament has approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency declared in the wake of last year's failed coup.
The state of emergency allows the government to rule by decrees. It includes the granting of greater powers to security forces in detentions and arrests.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had put the extension of a state of emergency at the top of his AKP government’s agenda the day after claiming victory at a bitterly contested referendum on a new constitution that dramatically enhances his powers.
