Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has kept his vague election promise to end emergency law after two years, allowing it to expire July 18. Its replacement, however, appears to be as bad or worse.
The end of emergency law doesn't mean the end of restrictions on individual freedoms. Indeed, opposition figures said on social media that it's as if emergency law is now being extended for three more years. The reason for these concerns is a proposed bill, known as the “anti-terror package,” currently under review by parliament.
