Turkey's Parliament Extends State of Emergency

Turkey's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency for three more months as authorities continue to crack down on suspected followers of exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The government declared emergency rule after the failed July 15 coup it says was carried out by Gulen and his followers. Police have arrested more than 40,000 people in the wake of the coup, and 100,000 government workers and others have been suspended from their jobs for alleged ties to the...

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