埃尔多安在总统府说,必须进入紧急状态,「以快速铲除所有参与这项政变企图的恐怖组织分子」。虽然这项特别措施将大幅增加国安当局的权力,但埃尔多安誓言「不会损害民主」。
由埃尔多安主持的国家安全委员会和内阁会议是在经过冗长的会议后作了上述宣布。
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, after returning to the capital for the first time since a coup attempt (AAP) Source: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, after returning to the capital for the first time since a coup attempt (AAP)