Turkey parliament approves extending emergency by 3 months

Turkey parliament approves extending emergency by 3 months Turkey's parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of extending emergency rule by a further three months, effective from January 19. The extension of emergency rule comes as Turkey reels from a series of deadly attacks by militants, most recently on Sunday when a lone gunman shot dead 39 people in a packed Istanbul nightclub

during New Year celebrations. Emergency rule, first imposed in Turkey after an abortive military coup on July 15 last year and then extended in October, enables the government to bypass parliament in enacting new laws and to limit or suspend rights and freedoms when deemed necessary.