<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In Turkey, the state of emergency, which was imposed after the failed coup two years ago, came to an end today. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared </span>emergency<span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> on 20th </span>July,<span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> 2016, five days after warplanes bombed Ankara and clashes broke out in Istanbul that claimed 249 lives. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The state-run Anadolu news agency said, the measure, which normally lasts three months, was extended seven times, and it ended </span>today,<span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> after the government decided not to ask that it be extended for an eighth time.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">The state of emergency saw the detention of some 80,000 people and about double that number sacked from jobs in public institutions.<br />''<br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">The Opposition fears that the emergency will be replaced by even more repressive legislative measures.</span></p>