Five years after coup attempt, Turkey to vote on extending emergency powers - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images — Security forces stand guard outside the courthouse of Sincan, outside Ankara, on April 7, 2021, before the verdict in the trial of 497 defendants over the 2016 failed coup attempt. — ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the government's plan to extend the state of emergency imposed after the 2016 coup attempt for another three months, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC199D207F30

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