Turkey’s parliament votes 3-to-1 to back Erdogan’s state of emergency

The Turkish parliament has voted by three-to-one to approve the state of emergency announced by President Erdogan after last week’s failed coup attempt, Euronews writes.

A total of 346 MPs voted in favour, while 115 opposed the new measures.

The president gets sweeping new powers to bypass parliament. He and his cabinet can bypass parliament by enacting new laws and limiting or suspending rights and freedoms.

Like France, Turkey is suspending the European Convention on Human Rights.

"The state of emergency won’t affect activities such as those that are economic or social. The state of emergency is not martial law,” said the Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ.