President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the introduction of a state of emergency for three months. This decision was taken for the speedy removal of all consequences of the military coup attempt. Erdogan said this after the Security Council and the Cabinet.
“This step is not in any way directed against democracy, rights and freedoms On the contrary, its purpose is to protect and promote these values,” he said.
“The purpose of the state of emergency is in the implementation of active and swift action to address threats to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and freedoms of our citizens,” he said. What measures the state of emergency will presume he did not specify.
As a result of fire opened by participants of the coup attempt, according to recent data, 246 people were killed and 1,536 people were injured, including civilians, police and military.
After the suppression of the military coup, Erdogan began a purge that has affected nearly 43 thousand education workers, 9,298 policemen and 6,361 military men. Most of the soldiers have been arrested and university teachers have been banned from leaving the country. -02D-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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